Soil
Formed by weathered rocks, plant and animal remains.
What is soil?
Breaks down rock into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
The sliding down of rocks and pieces of land from a mountain or cliff?
What are landslides?
A natural resource good for making clothes.
What is cotton?
To reuse waste.
What is recycle?
Soil with decayed plants and animals.
What is humus?
This carries sediments to new places.
What is erosion?
This rapid change forms large cracks in the earth.
What is an earthquake?
A natural resource good for making pots and pans.
What is metal?
To use less of something.
What is reduce?
To rot and break down into smaller parts.
What is decompose?
This deposits sediments on landforms.
What is deposition?
This rapid change to the earth causes new land to form.
What are volcanoes?
A natural resource good for making sturdy furniture.
What is wood?
To use something more than once.
What is reuse?
Sand, clay, loam, and silt.
What are different types of soil?
The 3 main causes of weathering.
What is wind, water, and ice?
Used to measure earthquakes.
What is a seismometer?
These natural resources can be burned to make heat.
What are coal and oil?
Answers will vary.
This natural resource is formed from the weathering of rocks into small pieces.
What is soil?
True or False: Weathering is always a slow process.
What is false.
This rapid change can destroy plants and trees.
What is a landslide or earthquake?
The two types of natural resources.
What are renewable and nonrenewable?
Give an example of a way to conserve natural resources.
Answers will vary. (recycling cans, use less water, plant more trees, use our own bags, use reuseable cups for water)