Water Cycle
Reason for
Seasons
Vocabulary
Earth's Layers
Space!
100
What is the first process of the water cycle?
Evaporation
100
Which season are we in when we are closest to the sun?
Summer
100
What is a "star?"
A giant ball of hot, glowing gases
100
What is the outer layer of the Earth that we live on?
Crust
100
How long does it take the Earth to rotate one time?
24 hours
200
What causes evaporation to begin?
Heat from the sun
200
Which season are we in when we are farthest away from the sun?
Winter
200
What does "condensation" mean?
The 2nd phase of the water cycle. Water vapor turns to clouds.
200
What is the innermost layer of Earth?
core
200
It takes the Earth 1 __________ to revolve around the sun.
year
300
In what phase of the water cycle do clouds form?
Condensation
300
What does "axis" mean?
An imaginary line on which the Earth spins
300
What does "axis" mean?
The imaginary line that runs through the Earth
300
The core is ______.
the innermost layerof Earth
300
The Sun is the largest _________ in the solar system.
star
400
When water evaporates, it turns from a liquid to a gas. The gas thenforms a cloud. Once the cloud gets too heavy, which process happens next? a. Evaporation b. Precipitation c. Storage d. Condensation
d. Precipitation The cloud gets too heavy and it rains.
400
During winter, the Earth is tilted __________ the sun.
away from
400
What is evaporation?
1st stage of the water cycle. When the sun heats water and it changes form from liquid to gas.
400
There are two forces that form and shapes landforms. What are they?
Tectonic plates and water
400
Earth revolves around the ___________.
Sun
500
What are the three forms of water?
solid, liquid, gas
500
Explain the position of the sun during summer.
The Earth is tilted towards the sun
500
What does "magma" mean?
Lava that is exposed on the surface of the Earth
500
A solid feature of Earth is called a __________.
landform
500
Explain how the rotation of the Earth gives us day and night.
During the rotation, half of the Earth faces the sun. They are having day. The other half that is having night.
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