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What is the natural satellite that orbits Earth?
The Moon.
Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?
Mars.
What planet in the solar system has the most moons?
Jupiter.
What is the process by which plants make their food?
Photosynthesis.
What are the three types of rocks in the rock cycle?
Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.
What is the term for animals that eat both plants and animals?
Omnivores.
What is the layer of gases that surrounds the Earth called?
Atmosphere.
What is the process called when a liquid turns into a gas?
Evaporation.
What is the name of the galaxy in which our solar system is located?
The Milky Way.
What is sediment?
Small rocks and sand that is carried away by wind, water, or ice.
What is the large ocean wave caused by underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions called?
A tsunami.
What's the difference between lava and magma?
Magma is underground, lavas erupts out of the volcano
What do we call a powerful storm with rotating winds that forms over warm ocean waters?
Hurricane
What is the name of the funnel-shaped cloud that forms during a severe storm, with rotating winds that can cause great destruction on land?
A tornado.
What are tectonic plates?
The pieces of the earth's crust
