Water Cycle
What source of energy evaporates the most water from Earths surface?
The Sun
Uncle John says that when cats sleep all day, it will rain the next day. How is this forecast different from that of a meteorologist?
It is not using scientific evidence or tools
What direction does erosion move Earth materials?
Downward
A dinosaur footprint is an example of what?
Fossil
What is it called to not have a backbone?
Invertebrate
What controls whether water is a gas, liquid or solid ice?
Temperature
A rock sample has been changed by heat and pressure. It has wavy folds. Which type of rock is it?
Metamorphic
Which of the following animals use to live in Utah but does not now?
a. Buffalo
b. Mountain lion
c. Mammoth
d. Dog
c. Mammoth
How do most birds survive the Utah winter?
Fly to a warmer location.
What is water doing when it changes from vapor to water?
Condensing
What month or season in Utah is this weather data most likely from?
20 Fahrenheit, 10mph wind, Sunny
January or Fall Season
What layer of soil is most likely to have clay in it?
Subsoil
What type of habitat was around at the time of dinosaurs?
Tropical
What does reptile skin have that helps them live in dry environments?
Scaly, tough skin
How does water vapor in the air return to Earth?
Condenses and the precipitates
The weather forecaster says that a thunderstorm is approaching your town. What kind of clouds, temperature and precipitation can you expect?
Cumulonimbus clouds, lower temperature, rain
Erosion and weathering were involved in forming what type of rock?
Sedimentary
A fossilized skeleton of a dinosaur and a modern skeleton of a lizard have two things in common. What are they?
Take and backbone
What determines the type of plant or animal that is in the mountains?
Elevation
What is water called after it has evaporated and is floating around the earth?
Water Vapor
What kind of rainfall is most helpful to farmers?
Rainfall that soaks into the soil slowly.
Name at least 3 types of Metamorphic rock.
Marble, Gneiss, Schist, and slate
What type of plant fossils would you expect to find with dinosaur fossils?
Ferns
What is an important difference between a reptile and an amphibian?
Reptiles lay eggs on land, amphibians lay eggs in water.