Solar System
Name the Planets in order from the Sun:
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
These are the 3 main stages the water cycle.
What are evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
This is a change of position. It also rhymes with "ocean."
What is motion
These form when rising water vapors condense, or cool.
What are clouds
This force is what pulls us toward the center of the Earth. It also keeps all the objects in the Solar System orbiting the Sun.
What is gravity
These are the 4 forms of precipitation
What are rain, snow, sleet, and hail
Sound waves cannot travel in a vacuum (like space) because there is none of this. Another meaning for this word is a size of a shirt or a drink.
What is a medium
A change in the speed or direction of an object in motion. Example: bicyclists slowing down to stop their bikes, or turning a corner. Starts with the letter A.
What is acceleration
Of the 3 states of matter, this is the one that has a definite volume BUT not a definite shape.
What is a liquid
The higher the frequency of a sound wave, the higher the this. It's also something you might do while playing baseball.
What is pitch
An instrument that measures the amount of liquid precipitation that has fallen.
What is a rain gauge
The property of matter that keeps an object from changing speed or direction unless a force acts on it. It is also mentioned as a "property of matter" in the Bill Nye theme song.
What is inertia
This is when the moon gets between the Sun and Earth and casts its shadow on a small portion of the Earth. We had one pass directly over us a few years ago. They're rare, while the lunar versions are more common.
What is a solar eclipse