Water Cycle
The falling of water from the clouds in the form of hail,sleet, or snow.
What is precipitation?
This is the first layer of the atmosphere and supports life on the surface. It contains most of Earth's clouds and weather.
What is troposphere?
A large body of water that has a high salt content
What is the ocean?
These are times of year where typical weather patterns and daylight hours differ.
What are seasons?
Solid Liquid and Gas
What are the 3 States of matter?
The gases surrounding a planet or moon, held by gravity
What is atmosphere?
The amount of mass in a given volume of space
What is density?
Earth's axis is tilted toward____ during the summer?
What is the sun?
The wearing away and removal of rock
What is Erosion?
This layer of the atmosphere contains some of the highest thunderstorm clouds. It also contains the ozone layer, which absorbs UV radiation in sunlight.
What is Stratosphere?
A large-scale flow of sea water driven by natural processes
What is ocean current?
This imaginary line separates the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
Water vapor in the air turns into liquid droplets, forming cloud
What is Condensation?
Height above sea level or ground level
What is altitude?
This is the measure of how much salt is dissolved in water.
What is Salinity?
The tropics experienced only these two seasons.
What are the wet and dry seasons?
Plants release water vapor from tiny pores in their leaves
There are ____ layers of the atmosphere
What is four?
cold water is ______ than warm water
What is denser?
During this part of the year the days are shorter and nights are colder
What is winter?