Weather
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather changes day to day. Climate is the same over many years.
Name the 3 stages of the water cycle in order.
Name the 4 inner planets.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Earth is an (inner or outer) planet.
inner
What is a habitat?
Where a plant or animal lives
Which climate is very cold and dry?
polar
What causes water to evaporate?
the sun heats water up and turns it into vapor
Which type of planets have rocky surfaces?
inner planets
What is the hydrosphere?
water
A business decides to cut down a forest so they can build a warehouse and parking lot there. How will this affect the organisms that currently live there? Give at least two examples.
The animals will have to move to a new habitat. Some may not survive. The animals may have trouble finding food. etc.
Which climate has 4 seasons and is not too hot or cold?
temperate
Name the 4 types of precipitation
rain, snow, sleet, hail
A planet takes 4,333 days to orbit the sun. Which type of planet is it?
outer planet
What is the biosphere?
life
Penguins live in cold areas. They often huddle together in groups. Give two reasons why they might huddle together.
warmth from body heat; protection from predators
Which type of puffy cloud would you likely see on a sunny day?
cumulus
What is the process of water cooling and turning from gas into liquid called?
condensation
A planet has 274 moons and a rings system. Which type of planet is it?
Outer planet
What is the atmosphere?
Air
Meerkats have a "sentry" that watches while other meerkats do other jobs. Why would the sentry be important?
look out for predators
Which type of dark cloud would you likely see on a stormy day?
nimbus
What is the process of liquid water turning into water vapor (gas) and rising called?
evaporation
Name 3 features of inner planets.
no rings, few or no moons, rocky surface, shorter orbit period
Name all 3 of Earth's "spheres" you learned about and what they mean.
hydrosphere
biosphere
atmosphere
What is metamorphosis and give an example of an organism that goes through metamorphosis.
a life cycle that might include egg, larva, pupa, adult; butterfly, frog, etc