Weather
What is the relationship between climate and weather?
Climate is the long term average of an area’s weather
Which material will sound travel though the fastest?
Steel
A swinging rope?
Kinetic energy
Deepest part of the ocean?
Trench
Biggest Planet?
Jupiter
If you look outside and see stratus clouds touching the ground, what weather conditions would you also see?
Fog
Sound waves travel best through-
Solids
Staples in a stapler?
Potential energy
Flattest part of the ocean?
Abyssal plains
Saturn
The barometer reading shows that pressure is high. What weather does that indicate?
fair/good weather
Sonar helps people find what kind of information about an object?
Location
A diver diving off a diving board?
Kinetic energy
Part of the ocean with the most life?
Continental shelf
All the terrestrial planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
What severe weather will result from warm ocean waters, high wind speeds, and a very low barometer reading?
Hurricane
During a thunderstorm, you see the lightning before you hear the thunder. This is because
Light travels faster than sound
A wound up toy before you let go?
Potential energy
Where is the continental slope located?
In between the continental shelf and continental rise
The order of the planets from the sun?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
How does the formation of hurricanes and tornadoes differ?
Tornadoes form over land, while hurricanes form over bodies of water
Sound is a type of mechanical energy that is transmitted in the form of-
Waves
A rolling ball?
Kinetic energy
Which location is likely to have the greatest water pressure, the coldest temperature, and the smallest number of living organisms?
Trench
The order of the planets in order from smallest to largest?
Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, and Jupiter