Water Cycle
Solar System
Weather
Water Vapor
More Weather/Swingers
100
Evaporation and condensation contribute to the movement of water through this cycle
What is the water cycle
100
The name of our planetary system
What is the solar system
100
The condition of the Earth's atmosphere at any given time
What is the weather
100
The process by which liquid water turns into gas
What is evaporation
100
The thin layer of air surrounding Earth
What is the atmosphere
200
The forms of precipitation water can take when it falls from the sky
What are rain, sleet, hail and snow
200
This force pulls on the earth at all times
What is gravity
200
Air flowing from a high-pressure center to a low-pressure center causes this movement in the atmosphere
What is wind
200
The process by which water changes from gas to a liquid from cooling
What is condensation
200
A variable which is changed to see how the variable affects the outcome of an experiment
What is an independent variable
300
Lakes, rivers, ice caps, ground water, soil moisture, and water in the atmosphere are all examples of
What is fresh water
300
The circular path the Earth takes while traveling around the sun
What is Earth's orbit
300
The region where a warm air mass and a cold air mass collide
What is a front
300
"The warmer the air, the more vapor it can hold" is an explanation of how this variable affects the amount of water vapor in the air
What is temperature
300
On a weather map, a line with points represents what kind of front?
What is a cold front
400
Where most of the water on Earth is located
What is the ocean
400
When a planet spins around on it's axis?
What is a planet's rotation
400
An extended period of below-normal precipitation
What is a drought
400
These two variables affect the rate, or speed, of evaporation
What are temperature and surface area
400
A variable with an outcome that is affected by the outcome of an experiment
What is a dependent variable
500
Daily Double! List the parts of the water cycle in order beginning with warming
Warming, evaporation, cooling, condensation, precipitation
500
What the sun is made up of
What are hydrogen and helium
500
This part of our solar system is responsible for all weather and all changes in weather through heating the Earth's surface, evaporating water, and driving winds
What is the sun
500
Ice, snow, sleet and frost are examples of what kind of water?
What is solid water
500
Weather described as having intense conditions is
What is severe weather
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