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Grade 3 Soil
Why is soil so important?
  1. Provides food and support for plants
  2. Eaten by animals
  3. Eaten by people
  4. Keeps Earth clean
Grade 3 Rocks
A rock is usually made up of one or more                .
  1. minerals
  2. sands
  3. fossils
  4. soils
Grade 3 Rocks
                has small grains and holds very little water.
  1. Sand
  2. Clay
  3. Rock
Grade 3 Environmental Science
What type of energy resource is coal?
Earth Day - Factory
  1. renewable
  2. non-renewable
Grade 3 Atmosphere
What weather tool is used to measure how hot or how cold something is?
  1. Boiling Point
  2. Air Pressure
  3. Thermometer
  4. Temperature
Grade 3 Environmental Science
Examples of natural resources include soil, water, metals, and fossil fuels.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 3 Environmental Science
Which of the following are NONRENEWABLE sources of energy?
  1. wind, water, sunlight
  2. water, wood, wind
  3. sunlight and water
  4. coal, oil, and natural gas
Grade 3 Soil
Soil is formed when                 are broken down by weather, water and living things over long periods of time.
  1. trees
  2. rocks
  3. insects
  4. animals
Grade 3 Rocks
                has the smallest grains and holds a lot of water.
  1. Salt
  2. Sand
  3. Clay
Grade 3 Geomorphology
What landform has a peak?
  1. Plain
  2. Plateau
  3. Mountain
  4. Valley
Grade 3 Environmental Science
What type of energy resource is solar power?
Earth Day - Solar Cell
  1. renewable
  2. non-renewable
Grade 3 Atmosphere
Which word better fits the sentence?

Dark gray clouds and a rumbling sound are signs that a                 is on the way.
  1. drought
  2. thunderstorm
Grade 3 Environmental Science
What are 3 types of pollution? Select 3.
  1. Energy pollution
  2. Land pollution
  3. Air pollution
  4. Water pollution
Grade 3 Soil
What is the name of the loose material that covers most of Earth's surface?
  1. soil
  2. lava
  3. clouds
  4. sheets
Grade 3 Geomorphology
Gravity can pull rocks and soil rapidly down a hillside causing a(n)                .
  1. tsunami
  2. earthquake
  3. landslide
  4. volcano
Grade 3 Rocks
What type of rock is created from lava?
  1. metamorphic
  2. igneous
  3. sedimentary
Grade 3 Oceanography and Hydrology
What process is described below?

When water from Earth evaporates and rises into the air, cools and condenses forming a cloud, and falls to the ground as precipitation and accumulates into lakes, rivers, or oceans.
  1. Physical Changes
  2. Heat Energy
  3. Matter
  4. Water Cycle
Grade 3 Environmental Science
What is power from the Sun called?
  1. hot power
  2. cold power
  3. lunar power
  4. solar power
Grade 3 Environmental Science
Fossil fuels are renewable resources.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 3 Atmosphere
Earth's atmosphere has lots of gases in it. Our bodies use this one when we breathe.
  1. nitrogen
  2. carbon dioxide
  3. oxygen
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