What is a deep hole in the ground formed over a long time by moving water?
What is a high area with steep sides?
A mountain
What is it called where one side is higher than the other?
A slope
What is an overflow of water that happens very fast?
A flash flood
What is a solid natural material that is found on and under the surface of the earth?
a rock
What is an area of still water, larger than a puddle but smaller than a lake?
Pond
Which direction is the computer cart?
North
What is a large area of water with land all around it?
A lake
What is land next to a large area of water, often covered in sand?
A beach
What is a high area of land with a side that is almost straight up and down?
a cliff
What is a pretend version of something that scientists use when the real ting is too big, small or complicated to work with
A model
South
What is a large rock called?
A boulder
What is a type of soil that has a smooth texture and water does not easily flow through it?
Clay soil
To rest on water without sinking is called what?
to float
What are very tiny pieces of rock , such as what you often see on the ground at the beach
Sand
What is a picture that shows the features of a place and where those features are?
A map
What is a drawing on a map that points to the four main directions (north, south, east, west)
A compass rose
What is it called to pay attention to something closely
To observe
When tiny bits of rock are moved from one place to another, it is called...
erosion
What is a test used to discover new information about a question?
An experiment
What is a large area of salt water that covers the earth?
An ocean
What is a long, thin area of water that flows?
A river
What is a natural structure of Earth's surface like a canyon or a mountain?
landform
True or false:All rivers flow from the mountains to the ocean
True