Vocabulary Challenge

What does it mean to absorb something?

• To release

• To expand

• To take in or soak up.

• To contract

Show how pollution affects the environment.

Which of these circulates?

• a rumor.

• your blood.

• a dog.

• your dinner.

What is a synonym for conserve?

• To accelerate.

• To use.

• To build.

• To save.

Which best descibes the water cycle.

• The water cycle involves evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff.

• The water cycle involves freezing, melting, and boiling.

• The water cycle consists of swimming, diving, and surfing.

• The water cycle involves water going from the lake to our house and then out to the sea.

What are glaciers?

• Glaciers are underground water sources

• Glaciers are a type of ice storm.

• Glaciers are large masses/rivers of ice.

• Glaciers are a big kind of iceberg.

Which of these is a necessity for school?

• A backpack.

• A laptop.

• Snacks.

• Tennis racket.

When water seeps out of a tap, it is ____.

• flowing too quickly.

• flowing normally.

• flowing slowly.

• not flowing at all.

Which of the following is a renewable energy source?

• Coal

• Solar power

• Oil

• Natural gas

What are natural resources? Why are they so valuable?