Weather
This tells us if it is sunny, rainy, or windy today.
What is weather?
This is the usual weather in a place over many years.
What is climate?
Living things like plants and animals are called this.
What are organisms?
A sudden shaking of the ground.
What is an earthquake?
These are remains or traces of ancient living things.
What are fossils?
What do we call frozen rain that falls as ice pieces?
What is hail?
A place that is very dry with little rain is called this.
What is a desert?
What do plants need to survive?
Water, sunlight, air, space and nutritions
A strong storm with spinning winds.
What is a tornado?
Fossils help us learn about this.
The past
This tool measures how hot or cold the air is.
What is a thermometer?
How does height affect temperature?
Higher places are colder
Animals that eat plants are called this.
What are herbivores?
A large wave caused by an earthquake in the ocean.
What is a tsunami?
This type of fossil is an imprint in rock.
What is a mold fossil?
What do we call moving air?
What is wind?
What happens on the dry side of a mountain?
Very little rain (rain shadow)
This helps animals blend into their environment.
What is camouflage?
Too much water covering land.
What is a flood?
What do we call animals that no longer live on Earth?
What are extinct animals?
This is when water falls from clouds to the ground.
What is precipitation?
Why do scientists study climate for many years?
To see patterns and changes
A way an organism survives depending on it's environment
What is adaptation?
Why are natural hazards dangerous?
They can harm people and land
Scientists who study fossils are called this.
What are paleontologists?