Energy
Weather
Energy in the Earth System
Nature of Science
Forces
100

The energy of motion

Kinetic Energy

100

What are clouds made of?

Water vapor

100

This is a measure of the kinetic energy of particles, usually in Fahrenheit, Celcius, or Kelvin.

Temperature

100

True or False: scientific understanding changes over time.

True

100

A push or a pull.

Force

200

Energy due to position or composition

Potential Energy

200

Describe the difference between weather and climate.

Weather is the day to day state of the atmosphere.  Climate is the long term weather patterns of a region. 

200

Energy transfer due to electromagnetic waves.  

Radiation

200
Identify one way to effectively organize data from an experiment or observation.

Table, Chart, or Graph

200

What type of force is friction? Contact or non-contact?

Contact.

300

The law of conservation of energy states that...

Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, only transferred. 

300

What type of air mass would be formed over a cold body of water?

Maritime polar

300

This layer of the atmosphere includes the ozone layer.

Stratosphere

300

A statement that you can test with experiments or observations

Hypothesis
300

What happens if the forces on an object are unbalanced?

The object with change speed or direction

400

The unit of energy.

Joule

400
What does a hydrometer measure?

Humidity

400

How does wind travel?

From areas of high pressure/low temperature to areas of low pressure/high temperature.

400

A good experiment should be ____________, or able to be repeated.

Replicable
400

Name the three types of non-contact forces.

Gravitational, Magnetic, Electric, 

500
Describe what happens to the energy of a roller coaster as it is at the top of the hill, rides down, then starts to slow down due to breaks.

1.  Potential energy turns into kinetic energy.

2.  Kinetic energy turns into thermal, sound, and light energy.

500
You have just seen on the news that there is an occluded front over the area.   What is happening with the fronts, and what weather can be expected?

1. Two cold fronts have suspended a warm front above them.

2. The weather will be foggy/rainy/cloudy/dreary. 

500
This is a measure of how easily an object changes temperature.  The higher this value, the longer it takes for the object to change. 

Specific Heat

500

The thing in your experiment that is being intentionally changed.

Independent variable

500

What is the net force in a game of tug of war that no one is moving on yet?  Include units or it doesn't count!

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