Weather and Climate
What is weather?
Daily conditions of the atmosphere
What type of cloud looks like a thin blanket formed close to the ground. Also known as fog?
Stratus Clouds
What is the largest source of water on Earth?
Oceans
What causes day and night?
Earth's rotation
Name the three types of rocks
igneous
sedimentary
metamorphic
What is the streak test?
rubbing a mineral on a streak plate to see what color powder it leaves behind.
What is the name of the galaxy you live in?
Milky Way
Name one tool used to measure weather.
Thermometer, rain gauge, anemometer
What type of precipitation would fall if it is below 32 degrees F?
Snow
What process turns water into vapor?
Evaporation
What causes the phases of the Moon?
Moon’s position relative to Earth and Sun
What is weathering?
What can cause weathering (name at least 4 things)
Breaking down of rocks
Wind
Water
Gravity
Ice
Living things
What is luster?
Tells you how a mineral reflects light
Metallic or nonmetallic
What are the three types of galaxies and which one do we live in?
We live in a spiral galaxy
Irregular galaxy
Eliptical galaxy
What causes most weather changes on Earth?
The Sun
What type of cloud is associated with great weather?
What is it called when water falls from clouds?
Precipitation
What is the path Earth takes around the Sun called? How long does it take?
Orbit or revolution
365 days or 1 year
What is erosion?
What causes it? (Name at least 3)
Movement of sediments
Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity
What is the hardness test?
Tells you how hard a mineral is on the Moh's scale. You can take different materials (finger nail, nail) and see if it can scratch the mineral
What are asteriods made of? Where can you find them?
Made of rock
Orbiting between Mars and JupiterWhy do coastal areas often have milder climates?
Water heats and cools slowly
What type of precipitation is formed inside of a cloud?
What is condensation?
Water vapor cooling into liquid
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranis, Neptune
How do slow changes shape Earth’s surface?
Over time, weathering and erosion change landforms
What is cleavage and fracture?
Cleavage tells you that a rock breaks on smooth flat surface
Fracture tells you that it breaks uneven
What is the difference between a comet and an asteroid?
Asteroid is made of rocks
What kind of weather is associated with a high pressure? A low pressure?
Happy Highs and Lowsy lows
What type of weather is associated with thunderstorms?
Cumulonimbus clouds
At what temperature does water freeze and boil?
Freeze at 0 Degrees C and 32 Degrees F
Boils at 100 Degrees C and 212 Degrees F
What are the characteristics of the inner planets?
Outer Planets?
Inner - made of rock, closer to the sun, hotter, smaller, few moons
Outer - made of gas, further from the sun, cooler, larger, rings, lots of moons
What type of rock is formed over time from heat and pressure? Can typically see layers.
Metamorphic
Why is color not always the best way to identify a mineral?
Some minerals can be different colors but still the same mineral.
If you look up in the night sky and see an object that looks like its on fire, what are you most likely seeing?
Comet
Desert because all the air drops most of its moisture before reaching the other side of the mountain.
What type of precipitation occurs as snow melts and refreezes?
Sleet
What is the term we use to describe the amount of water vapor in the air?
Humidity
Why do we see different constellations during the year?
Earth revolves around the Sun
What type of rock is formed from smaller pieces of sediment and you can sometimes find fossils?
Sedimentary rocks
What is the difference between a mineral and a rock?
A mineral is one substance and rocks are made up of one or more minerals.
What makes the Milky Way galaxy so special?
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