Science Review

Metals can be used to make objects of different shapes and sizes because metals can -

• freeze

• grow

• bend

• break

All of the following are ways we can conserve natural resources EXCEPT –

• using less water

• building new houses

• planting more trees

• reusing paper bags

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

• decomposes quickly.

• is very expensive.

• catches on fire easily

• can be cut into shapes.

Coal, oil, and natural gas are useful resources because they -

• produce smoke

• are hard to find

• are nonrenewable resources

• can be used to make energy.

Which of the following is a way students could conserve paper?

• buy paper back books

• use both sides of the paper

• use paper towels to clean up

• pick up wrappers

Lava from a volcanic eruption can change the Earth’s surface by -

• forming new land

• making oceans boil

• carving deep valleys

• pushing aside hills

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Which of the following best describes how earthquakes change the Earth’s surface? Earthquakes -

• throw rocks and ash into the air

• force lava through holes in the ground

• violently shake the surface of the earth

• cause clouds to form and rain to fall

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

• Landslide

• Volcano

• Lava

• Weathering

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

• Landslide

• Earthquake

• Erosion

• Volcanic Eruption

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

• landslide

• decomposing

• soil

• humus

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