Weather
What does an anemometer measure?
Wind speed
What is potential and kinetic energy?
Potential: stored energy
Kinetic: energy of motion
What is weathering? What are the three types of weathering?
Weathering processes break down rocks into smaller fragments.
- physical weathering
-chemical weathering
-biological weathering
What is a open and closed circuit?
Open: an incomplete path that does not allow the flow of electrical energy
Closed: a complete path that allows the flow of electrical energy
In Virginia, how are we connected to the ocean?
The waterways are all connected and flow into the Chesapeake bay which flows into the Atlantic ocean.
What does a barometer measure?
Air pressure
What energy transformation occurs with a toaster?
Electrical energy-->Thermal energy
What is Erosion? What are the four methods of erosion?
Erosion processes pick up and move those weathered fragments to different locations.
- water, wind, ice, and gravity
What is a conductor? Provide an example
A material that allows electricity to flow through it easily.
- Any metal
What is a watershed?
A WATERSHED is an area of land that drains all the streams and rainfall to a common outlet such as the outflow of a reservoir, mouth of a bay, or any point along a stream channel.
What weather do we see with cirrus and cumulus clouds?
fair weather
What are the different types of energy?
-electrical, mechanical, radiant, thermal
What is deposition? Where are five places where deposition may occur?
Deposition is the settling out of the smallest fragments (sediments) after they have been eroded.
- River deltas
-Base of mountains
-Bottom of oceans
-sand dunes
-Base of glaciers
What is an insulator? Provide an example
A material that doesn't allow electricity to flow through it easily.
- rubber band, plastic straw
'What does we all live downstream' mean?
All parts of a watershed flow down to the same place.
What weather do we see with cumulonimbus clouds?
Thunderstorms
What is friction?
The resistance to motion
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
Heat and Pressure
How can we increase the strength of an electromagnet?
By increasing the number of wraps or adding more dry cells.
What are the rivers in Virginia?
- james, potomac, rappahannock, and new river
If there were stratus clouds what type of weather would you see?
light rain
What type of energy would a kid sliding down a slide have?
How are igneous rocks formed?
Magma cooling
In our electromagnet experiment, what was the independent variable?
The number of coils around the electromagnet
Does water in the Atlantic Ocean only stay in the Atlantic Ocean?
No