Scientific method
What is data?
Info gathered during an experiment.
What is the 3 main type of rocks?
Igneous rocks, metamorphic rocks, and sedimentary rocks.
When does a cloud formation form?
They form when warm moist air rises.
What is a front?
A front is a narrow region separating two air masses of different densities.
How is the ozone layer formed?
Formed by the addition of an extra oxygen atom to a oxygen molecule.
Difference between qualitative and quantitative data
Qualitative is your senses.
Quantitative is the values that come from a measurement.
What is a rock cycle?
Continuous changing and making of rocks.
Clouds are classified as clouds based on their _______
Height
How many zones of wind systems is there?
3
ION=??????
Charged particles.
Hypothesis statement
If__________, then _________.
What does basalt make up?
Earths oceanic crust
Different characteristics
Patchy, low dark, flatten, wispy.
What causes bad weather?
Low air pressure
What is in the stratosphere??
Weather balloons
Scientific method?
Step by step process used to solve problems.
Igneous and sedimentary rocks can be transformed by _________.
Heat and pressure
What is humidity?
The amount of water vapor in the air.
What causes go weather?
High air pressure
What is a atmosphere?
The blanket of gases that surround the earth.
5 steps of the scientific method
1. Finding problem
2. Researching problem
3. Hypothesis
4. Experiment
5. Conclusion
Igneous and metamorphic rocks can become _______________________________.
Weathered and eroded and then lithified into sedimentary rocks.
What is it called when something occurs when enough water droplets have accumulated inside cold due to condensation?
Precipitation
4 different types of fronts
Cold front, warm front, stationary front, occluded front.
Troposphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, and thermosphere.