What is Weather?
What are Seasons?
What can we see in the sky?
How does the sky seem to change?
Random NFS questions
100

_____: what the air is outside is like

____: is air that moves

Weather: what the air outside is like

Wind: air that moves

100

_____: Time of year

_____: change in the weather that repeats.

season: time of year

weather pattern: change in the weather that repeats

100
Name two things a sun gives.

It gives light and heat to Earth.

100

What is the brightest object in the daytime sky?

It is the sun. 

100

What the four phases of the moon?

New moon

First quarter moon

Full moon

Third quarter moon

200

What are the four forms of water that fall from the sky?
R, S, S, H?

rain, snow, sleet, hail

200

Spring: weather, what to wear, what happens

Name one thing each.

Air warms. There may be rainy days.

Plants begin to grow. Trees grow new leaves. People can wear light jackets outside.

200

_____: large sphere, ball of rock

True or False? Can be seen only at night.

Moon: Large sphere, ball of rock.

False, can be seen both day and night.

200

True or false?

Shadows change as Earth moves.

True

200

Which happens because Earth turns?

a. The sun warms Earth.

b. The moon has phases.

c. The sun seems to move across the sky.

c.
300

If the red line on the thermometer is high, what does that say about the temperature outside?

It is hot. 

300

Summer: Weather, what to wear, what happens

Name one thing each.

Air is hot. There are more hours of daylight than in spring. Plants may grow fruit. Animals grow bigger. People wear sunglasses, hats, and shirts to stay cool.

300

True or False?

Stars are evenly spaced in the sky.

False.

300

Shadows change in size during the day. 

Morning: Long or short shadow?

Noon: Long or short?

Afternoon: Long or short?

Morning: Long

Noon: Short

Afternoon: Long

300

What heats Earth's land, water, and air?

The sun

400

You may see me in a puddle outside. The day is gray when I fall from the sky. What am I?

rain

400

Fall: weather, what people wear, what happens

Name one thing each.

Air gets cooler. Fewer hours of daylight than in summer. Leaves change colors. Animals move to warmer places. People wear jackets to stay warm.

400

What is the name of the tool that helps us magnify things in the sky?

What does magnify mean?

A telescope is the name of tool.

Magnify means to make something look bigger.

400

True or false? The moon give off its own light.

If false, what does it reflect from?

False. It reflects light from the sun.

400

How many stars are in the sky?

a. about 20

b. not enough to be counted

c. more than anyone can easily count

b. 

500

You see dark clouds in the sky What kind of weather is most likely coming?

rainy weather

500

Winter: Weather, what people wear, what happens

Name one thing each.

Air can be cold in some places. It has the fewest hours of daylight.

Trees lose their leaves. Animals grow more fur to keep warm. People wear warmer clothing outside.

500

(sun, stars, clouds, moon)

Which can you see during daytime, both, and nighttime?

Daytime: Sun

Both: moon and clouds

Nighttime: Stars

500

Today there is a new moon. What will the moon phase be in about a month?

It will be a new moon.

500

Yoon sees different stars on a winter night than he sees on a summer night. Why?

a. You can see stars only in the winter sky.

b. Clouds may block the stars in summer.

c. You can see different stars in different seasons.

c. 

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