Science Assessment

What is soil?

• The top layer of Earth

• anything from nature that people can use

• a hard, nonliving thing that comes from the ground

What is a property?

• something that forms soil

• a thing that. breaks down rocks

• one part of what something is like

This picture shows a large body of flowing water.

What is this body of water?

• a lake

• an ocean

• a river

what is a large body of salty water where most of Earth's water is found?

• a lake

• an ocean

• a river

What is pollution?

• A way to care for resources

• waste that harms land, water, and air

• something that people use to make products

Which is true about natural resources?

• They are living things

• They are non-living things

• They can be living or nonliving things

Look at this picture

Which natural resource moves a windmill?

• air

• plants

• water

Look at this picture

- What happens to rock as it breaks down into small bits?

• It becomes soil

• it becomes a plant

• It changes its color.

What happens if plants, animals, and people do not have water?

• they eat more

• they get bigger

• they cannot live

What can you observe about the rocks?

• They are all the same size.

• They all come from Earth

• They all have the same texture