Things We Find On Earth
Rocks
Water
Changes to Earth's Surface
100

What is a natural resource?

Anything from nature that people can use

100

What is texture?

Smooth and rough

100

What happens to plants, animals, and people if they don't have water?

They will not live

100

What do we call the shaking of Earth's surface?



Earthquake

200

What is soil?

The top layer of Earth

200

How can we sort rocks?

Size, color, shape, texture

200

What are some water safety rules?

Learn to swim

Never swim alone

Wear a lifejacket

200

What happens in a flood?

Roads wash out. Rivers overflow

300

Which of the following is a natural resource?

a) sweater

b) rock

c) airplane

B) Rock

300

How were these rocks sorted?


By color

300

What should you do if there is a water emergency?

Call 911

300

What happens during a volcano?

Hot melted rock comes out of the ground

400

How do we use water?

Traveling by boat, watering plants, bathing, drinking

400

What senses do we use to observe texture?

Sight and touch

400

What is a lake?

a) small body of flowing water

b) large body of flowing water

c)  a body of water with land all around it

C) a body of water with land all around it

400

What are some fast changes to Earth's surface?

Volcano, flood, earthquake

500

Name the six natural resources. 

Animals, plants, rocks, air, soil, water

500

On your whiteboards, draw one way in which you can sort rocks. 

Students can sort them by color, shape, size, or texture

500

How are lakes different from streams and rivers?

A lake has land all around it. It does not flow.

500

What are some slow changes to Earth's surface?

Weathering, erosion, drought