Water Cycle
What is the process of a liquid becoming a gas?
evaporation
Name the three climate zones.
Polar, Temperate, and Tropical
What is the tool used to measure wind direction called?
Wind vane or weather vane
What is a mixture?
What type of change alters the appearance of a substance, but the matter remains the same?
Physical Change
What is the energy source for the water cycle?
The sun
If an area that is known to be cold and dry is in what climate zone?
Polar
What is the tool used to measure air pressure called?
Barometer
How would you separate a solution of iron filings, sand, and plastic beads?
Run the mixture through a sieve/filter separating the sand from the iron and beads then use a magnet to remove the iron filings leaving just the beads.
What type of change causes a new substance to be created?
Chemical Change
What is the process of a gas becoming a liquid?
Condensation
An area that has high humidity, hot temperatures, and moderate to heavy rainfall is in what climate zone?
Tropical
What cloud is described as fluffy, almost cauliflower like, and is a sign of fair weather?
Cumulus
Warmer water, stirring, or breaking up the sugar cubes
Explain the changes taking place when making a s'more
chemical change with roasting of marshmallow, physical change breaking the graham cracker, physical change with the melting chocolate, physical change chewing the s'more, chemical change digesting the s'more
What are the four types of precipitation?
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail
An area with cool winters and warm summers is known to be in what climate zone?
Temperate
When a low pressure system is approaching what type of weather is expected?
cooler temperatures and possibility of rain
Pour through a sieve/filter removing the sand from the salted water then evaporate out the water leaving the salt behind.
When a snowman melts what change is happening and why?
physical change; solid changing to a liquid; change in state of matter is a physical change
What is the definition of the water cycle?
The continuous movement of water within the earth and atmosphere.
What is the difference between climate and weather?
Weather is what is happening now (rainy, sunny, etc.) and climate is the weather patterns in an area over a LONG period of time.
What cloud is made of ice crystals and is high in the sky?
Cirrus
True or False: A solution is always a mixture?
True
Explain the changes taking place in making buttered toast.
Chemical change toasting the bread; physical change cutting the bread and butter; physical change melting the butter on the bread