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Renewable
renewable and nonrenewable resources, land and water features
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Is the sun a renewable or nonrenewable resource? | renewable |
| Is a cow a renewable or nonrenewable resource? | renewable |
| Is oil a renewable or nonrenewable resource? | nonrenewable |
| Is gold a renewable or nonrenewable resource? | nonrenewable |
| Are rocks a renewable or nonrenewable resource? | nonrenewable |
| Is water a renewable or nonrenewable resource? | renewable |
| What water feature is a large body of salt water that is sometimes connected to an ocean and can be partly or even completely surrounded by land? | sea |
| What water feature is a huge river or sheet of ice found where it is very cold like high in the mountains or at the poles? | glacier |
| What fresh water feature is surrounded by land and can be large or small? | lake/pond |
| What water feature is a large, flowing body of fresh water that usually empties in the ocean or sea, and streams sometimes flow into? | river |
| What water feature is the largest type of salt water on Earth and surrounds the continents of the world? | ocean |
| What water feature is a shallow, small flowing body of fresh water that usually flows into a river? | stream |
| What land form is a stretch of flat land? | plains |
| What land form is an area of land completely surrounded by water? | island |
| What land form is a deep valley with very steep sides? | canyon |
| What land form is a lowland between mountains? | valley |
| What land form is much higher than the surrounding area? | mountain |
| What land form is an opening in Earth’s surface that allows lava to flow out? | volcano |
| What slow change to Earth’s surface happens when a rock is broken apart? | weathering |
| What slow change to Earth’s surface happens when rock, sand, and soil are carried away from their original location? | erosion |
| What slow change to Earth’s surface happens when wind and water drop sediments in a new location? | deposition |