Investigating the Natural World Final Assessment

The weathering of rocks into small pieces forms what natural resource?

• Soil

• Minerals

• Coal

• Water

How would the soil be different in an area that gets very little rainfall? The soil would contain-

• less water

• small pieces of rock

• many plants and animals

• more worms

Metals can be used to make objects of different shapes because metals can___

• bend

• freeze

• glow

• break

Rocks, loose soil and sand rapidly sliding down a slope are a change to the surface of the earth known as a __

• glacier

• volcano

• delta

• landslide

What is to break open suddenly?

• landslide

• erupt

• soil

• metal

All of the following are ways we can conserve natural resources EXCEPT___

• saving water

• recycling paper

• building more houses

• saving paper bags

Which events force melted rock from deep in the Earth toward the surface toward the surface and build it up on the earth's surface?

• building a mountain

• a volcanic eruption

• an earthquake

• recycling water

How do plants contribute to the formation of soil? Plants__

• die, decompose and become part of the soil

• use soil to grow and develop over time

• support the animal life in the soil

• cover the soil and shade it from sunlight

Which of the following best describes how earthquakes change the Earth's surface? Earthquakes___

• violently shift the surface of the earth

• throw rocks

• cause clouds to make rain

• force lava through holes in the ground

What characteristic of wood makes it useful as a building material? Wood___

• decomposes quickly

• catches fire easily

• can be cut into shapes

• can be bent into shapes