Cardinal Directions
Earth
Clouds & Weather
Dinosaurs & Layers
Vocabulary
100

A current is moving to the south, which direction is an ice floe caught in this current going?

south.

100

The number of hours it takes the earth to rotate once.

24 hours

100

Substance clouds are made of.

Tiny drops of water

100

The creature with horns and armor.

Triceratops.

100

The smell attracted flies immediately. Which word means, "right now?"

immediately

200

Wind is blowing to the west, in which direction will an ice floe blow?

west.

200

The amount of time it takes the earth to rotate around the sun one time.

365 days or 1 year

200

Count these to know how many times a hailstone has gone through a cloud.

Rings

200

A creature as tall as two elephants, with lots of teeth and little arms.

Tyrannosaurus.

200

The rim of the volcano exploded. Which word means "the top edge?"

rim.

300

If you are in Canada, what direction must you travel to the equator?

south

300

The north pole is facing away from the sun. What season is it?

Winter.

300

Ice chunks that fall from a stormcloud.

hail

300

In a pile, things that are near the bottom of the pile went into the pile _________.

Earlier

300

When something is in this, it does down and around and around.

Whirlpool.

400
If you are in Flordia, what direction must you travel to Alaska?

North and slightly west

400

It is sunny 24 hours a day in the North Pole. What season is it?

Summer.

400

This happens to drops of water as they reach the top of a stormcloud.

freeze

400

Things near the top of a pile went into the pile _______.

Later.

400

What word means "to make a bang and blow apart?"

Exploded.

500

When completing a map on your paper, after writing north on your paper, what direction is always to the right?

east

500

How many oceans and continents are there on Earth?

five oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic) and seven continents (North America, South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Europe, and Asia)

500
The two stories we have read that have had strange weather, clouds, and storms.

The stories about Oomoo and Oolak and the stories about Carla and Edna.

500

The name of the time when dinosaurs lived.

Mesozoic

500

What word means a mountain formed from hot flowing rock

volcano

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