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Soil

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What is the top layer of the earth's soil?   Soil  
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What are the materials that plants and animals need to grow and live?   Nutrients  
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What are parts?   Components  
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What is formed from minerals found in the earth's crust?   Rock  
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What is made of tiny particles of soil that holds water well?   Clay  
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What is made up of very small broken rock that is larger than clay and smaller than sand?   Silt  
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What is made up of small grains of rock and does NOT hold water well?   Sand  
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What is decayed dead plants and animals that is found in the topsoil?   Humus  
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What is the upper layer of soil?   Topsoil  
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What is the layer of soil under the topsoil?   Subsoil  
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What is the lowest layer of soil?   Bedrock  
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What is the changing of the earth's surface caused by water, wind, sun or living things?   Weathering  
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What causes weathering? (4 things)   Water, wind, sun & living things  
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What is the carrying away of the earth's surface?   Erosion  
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Soil is a ____________ resource.   Natural  
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What are things people use found naturally on the earth?   Natural Resources  
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What are water, air, land, animals, minerals, soil, forests?   Natural Resources  
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What is every living thing depending on each other?   Interdependence  
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What is using something?   Consumption  
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To use carefully   Conserve  
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To keep safe   Preserve  
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What are fire, flood, disease, erosion?   Natural events that affect nature  
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What are some kinds of pollution?   water, air, land  
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To use the materials again to make new products   Recycle  
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To use again without changing   Reuse  
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To use less   Reduce  
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The ability to do work   Energy  
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Resources that CAN be replaced   Renewable Resources  
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Resources that can NOT be replaced   Nonrenewable Resources  
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What are sunlight, water and wind?   Natural energy  
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What is energy made by the sun?   Solar energy  
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What are coal, oil and natural gas?   Fossil fuels  
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What is the most powerful energy?   Nuclear power  
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