Scavenger+Hunt+Answer+Key

Our scavenger hunt is created for a second grader and covers the Sunshine State Standards for Science (Planet Earth).

Earth Facts:

1. How old is our [|planet] ?

4 .6 billion years old

2. ­­­_, our home planet, is the only planet in our solar system known to harbor [|life].

Earth

3. The [|diameter] of Earth is… A.) 10,000 meters     B.) 15,000 centimeters C.) 7,926 miles

C.) 7,926

Earth's Orbit:

4. TRUE or FALSE: The Earch is  orbited by one moon. True

5. Earth is the planet from the [|Sun]. A.) First B.) Second C.) Third

C.) Third 6. Earth is in an _ orbit around our [|Sun]. Elliptical

Rocks:

7. Rocks are divided into three types. List the three types below. IGNEOUS, SEDIMENTARY and METAMORPHIC

8. What type of rock is in the picture? Type your answer below.

Sedimentary Rock

9. Name three things that we use rocks for: Any combination of three of the following would earn credit: streets, highways and sidewalks; in the foundation for your house and school; as decorative materials for yards and gardens; in water purification plants to protect your health and in the construction of buildings from the most modest of homes to the world's tallest skyscrapers.

10. TRUE or FALSE: A rock is made up of 2 or more minerals? TRUE - a rock is made up of 2 or more minerals.

Weather:

11. What are the 4 [|ingredients] needed for weather? Temperature, Pressure, Volume, Density

12. What is the thin [|layer] of mixed gases that covers the Earth? Atmosphere

13. What are nature's most violent [|storms]? Tornadoes

14. TRUE or FALSE: Climate and weather are the [|same]? False

Soil:

15. TRUE or FALSE: Weather helps create [|soil]? true

16. Which of the [|colors] of soil is NOT correct?

A.) Black B.) Yellow C.) Green D.) White

C. Green

17. What two things does soil help [|plants] do?

A.) eat and drink B.) drink and sleep C.) eat and sleep D.) breathe and sleep

A. eat and drink

18. TRUE or FALSE: All types of soil [|absorb] water at the same rate? false