Solar System
Water Cycle/Weather
Light/Sound
Weather instruments
Forces/motion
100

Name the Planets in order from the Sun:

What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

100

These are the 3 main stages the water cycle.

What are evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.

100
Light bouncing from a surface
What is reflection
100
An instrument that measures wind speed
What is an anemometer
100

This is a change of position. It also rhymes with "ocean."

What is motion

200
What color is the hottest star?
What is the color blue
200

These form when rising water vapors condense, or cool.

What are clouds

200
Light bending as it moves between matter
What is refraction
200
An instrument that measures temperature
What is a thermometer
200

This force is what pulls us toward the center of the Earth. It also keeps all the objects in the Solar System orbiting the Sun.

What is gravity

300
A group of stars that make an imaginary picture.
What is a constellation
300

These are the 4 forms of precipitation

What are rain, snow, sleet, and hail

300

Sound waves cannot travel in a vacuum (like space) because there is none of this. Another meaning for this word is a size of a shirt or a drink.

What is a medium

300
An instrument that measures air pressure
What is a barometer
300

A change in the speed or direction of an object in motion. Example: bicyclists slowing down to stop their bikes, or turning a corner. Starts with the letter A.

What is acceleration

400
This causes the sun to appear to move during the day, and the starts to appear to move at night.
What is the Earth's movement
400

Of the 3 states of matter, this is the one that has a definite volume BUT not a definite shape.

What is a liquid

400

The higher the frequency of a sound wave, the higher the this. It's also something you might do while playing baseball.

What is pitch

400

An instrument that measures the amount of liquid precipitation that has fallen.

What is a rain gauge

400

The property of matter that keeps an object from changing speed or direction unless a force acts on it. It is also mentioned as a "property of matter" in the Bill Nye theme song.

What is inertia

500

This is when the moon gets between the Sun and Earth and casts its shadow on a small portion of the Earth. We had one pass directly over us a few years ago. They're rare, while the lunar versions are more common.

What is a solar eclipse

500
A person who studies weather.
What is a meteorologist
500
This allows you to see all colors by separating them.
What is a prism
500
An instrument that measures wind direction
What is a weather vane
500
A force that slows down or stops motion between objects that are touching.
What is friction
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