Vocab
Weather
Cycles
Just numbers
More Facts
100
The condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place.
What is weather?
100
This is where weather occurs.
What is the atmosphere?
100
The length of time it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun one time
What is one year?
100
The length of time it takes the Earth to rotate one time on its axis.
What is 24 hours?
100
We have day and night because of this.
What is earth's rotation on its axis.
200
The process of liquid water turning into water vapor.
What is evaporation?
200
This usually occurs when a warm front and cold front collide.
What is rain?
200
The time it takes the moon to complete one lunar cycle.
What is 28 days, or about one month ?
200
The length of time it takes the Earth to complete all four seasons?
What is one year (365 days)?
200
Our planet order sentence.
What is "My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nachos?"
300
The gradual wearing away, or breaking down, of rock by wind, water, or ice
What is weathering?
300
The direction weather patterns usually move : West to East, East to West, North to South, South to North
What is West to East?
300
The seasons in order - beginning with summer.
What is summer, fall, winter, spring?
300
If tonight is the full moon, the length of time until the next full moon.
What is about one month, or 28 days?
300
The "take it" step - when sediment is carried by wind or water.
What is erosion?
400
The average weather of an area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
400
The process of water changing from water vapor to tiny water droplets to form a cloud.
What is condensation?
400
The source of energy for the Earth's water cycle.
What is the Sun?
400
Earth's distance from the Sun.
What is 93 million miles?
400
Earthquakes and Volcanoes are examples of this kind of change to Earth's surface.
What is a quick change?
500
Rain, sleet, hail, & snow
What is precipitation?
500
The force that causes precipitation to fall.
What is gravity?
500
The reason Earth has seasons.
What is Earth is tilted on its axis?
500
If you are 10 years old, the number of orbits you have completed around the sun.
What is ten?
500
Two processes that usually change the surface of the Earth very slowly.
What are - weathering and erosion?
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