1.)Using Eyewitness Books Fossil, look in the table of contents to find out how rocks are made. Rocks are continually being eroded, creating grains.
- What three things move these grains?
- What are all rocks made up of?
2.) a. By looking in the table of contents in Glacier, which
chapter of the book would you look to find the shape
land is carved into by a glacier?
b. What shape is a valley formed by a glacier?
3.) Read the book Caves and Caverns to find the four types
of caves. Write them down.
*(Extra Credit)* What do you call an expert on caves?
4.) Find the book Why Do Volcanoes Blow Their Tops.
a. What page can you find information on faults?
- Using the subtitles on this page, what is the world’s most famous fault?
- Looking on the map, what city does this fault go through?
- What state and country is this city located in?
5.) Using the table of contents in The Best Book of Fossils,
Rocks, and Minerals find fossils fuels. Name 3 types of
fossil fuels. What are fossil fuels formed from?
6.) Find the Eyewitness Book of Volcano and Earthquakes.
Using the contents page find the chapter on Hot
Spots.
- What are the 2 biggest volcanoes on Earth?
- Using the diagram and sub-titleson pages 12-13, find what rises andmakes holes through the plate surface to form a hot spot?
7.) Using the table of contents in the book Coasts and Shores, find the chapter on different types of coasts.
a. What does erosion mean?
b. On a coast, what are the major causes of erosion?
- Find the chapter on the Great Barrier Reef. What is a reef?
d. Look in the chapter about Antarctica. What are lumps of ice called?
8.) With the book Planet Earth, use the table of contents. Find the section on Drifting Continents.
a. What is the movement of continents called?
b. What causes mountain ranges to form underwater?
9.) In the book Rivers and Lakes, what is it called when a river starts to loop around making bends?
10.) Using the Dictionary of the Earthlook up Glacial Deposition. Look at the diagram. What happens during glaciation?
11.)Find Young Scientist: Planet Earth and Water. Look up the page tofind “Land on the move” and go to it.
- What makes the plates move?
- What scientist introduced the theory that mountains in different countries might have been joined together?
12.) Using the Student Discovery Encyclopedia find the section onPangaea. Using the drawing of the Earth, what happened 200 million years ago?
13.)Look in Make it Work! Riversand find the chapter on Sources of Rivers.
- What is the beginning of a river called?
- Look in the same chapter. What is a seep?
- Find tributary in Rivers. What is a tributary?
14.) Use thebook MagicSchool Bus Inside the Earth. Look at the “Rock Collection” at the back of the book. Answer the
following:
A. Which type of rock is formed from shale?
B. Which type of rock is formed by mud?
C. What do we use shale for? (Page 37)
15.) On page 22 in Fossils Tell of Long Ago there are
drawing of forests. On the table is a piece of petrified
wood. What does petrified mean?
16.) Look in Lakes.
a. What is a small lake called?
b. What is the edge of a lake called?
c. What role did glaciers play in forming lakes?
17.)Look in Earthquakes on page 6-7.
- Where do earthquakes occur?
- Look at the map. Name three states where earthquakes occur. (Remember ALL of the 50 states should be looked at.)
18.) Look in the World Book Encyclopedia Index to find
Mount St. Helens:
- Name the different volumes you can find this volcano.
- Now look in the volume encyclopedia that has a picture. Read the 2nd paragraph and explain what the results of this volcanic eruption caused besides the 57 deaths.
- Use amulti-flowthinking map to show the cause and effect of volcanic eruptions.
19.)In the NAL window, click on “Town Center LMC”. Open “EBSCO”.
Type in your user name: coppell
Type in your password: cowboys
Click on “Kids Search”
- What are three categories that you can choose?
Click on “Science”. Search for “erosion”.
Find the article “Ocean imperils beach house”.
Click on the HTML Full Text below the article information.
b. What is putting the beach house in danger?
20.) Look up “glaciers” in theStudent Discovery
Encyclopedia.
Read this article to discover howglaciers are formed.
a. What is the definition of glacier?
b. How do glaciers form?
c. What are the two main kinds of glaciers?
21.)Go to the TownCenter Homepage on the Internet. Move your mouse over “Students” and click on “Library & Information Services”. Click on it.
Click on “World Book Online”.
Search for “sedimentary rock” and click on the article.
Click on the picture of sedimentary rocks.
What are the six types of sedimentary rocks?