Weather
The science of the atmosphere and weather forecasting.
What is Meteorology?
The continuous movement of water between the surface of the Earth and its atmosphere
What is the water cycle?
A form of energy that travels as waves and particles
What is light?
An imaginary line that passes through the Earth's center from the North pole to the South pole
What is the Earth's Axis?
The length of the lunar cycle
What is 29.5 days?
The layer of the Atmosphere where weather happens
What is the Troposphere?
Liquid water changes into water vapor
What is Evaporation?
To admit or pass through
What is transmit?
The amount of time it takes Earth to rotate once on its axis
What is 24 hours?
What the different shapes of the moon that we see are called
What are phases?
The condition of the atmosphere around us
What is weather?
Water vapor changes into liquid water droplets and forms clouds
What is condensation?
Objects that allow all light to pass through them
What is transparent?
The amount of time it takes Earth to revolve around the sun
What is 365 days?
When you can see the entirety of the moon
What is a full moon?
The instrument that measures the amount of water vapor in the air
What is a hygrometer?
Water droplets in clouds become too heavy and fall in the form of water or ice to the Earth's surface.
What is precipitation?
Objects that allow some light to pass through them
What is translucent?
The amount that Earth is tilted on its axis
What is 23.5 degrees?
When you cannot see the moon at all
What is a new moon?
What red and blue on a weather map signify
What is warm air and cold air?
Water running into bodies of water from mountains and other surfaces on the Earth
What is surface runoff?
Objects that do not allow light to pass through them
What is opaque?
What are the seasons?
When you can see less than half the moon
What is a crescent?