What is a person that studies and forecasts weather
meteorologist
100
What is a cloud that usually brings the most rain?
cumulus
100
The independent variable is also called the
controlled variable
100
as the sun heats water it begins to rise and the temperature of the water vapor begins to
decrease
100
The strong battery only produced a double watt of electricity. What type of observation is this?
Quantitative
200
What is an instrument that can be used to measure the amount of precipitation that has fallen.
Rain guage
200
What is a cloud that has clear usually cool weather
cirrus
200
Two plants are grown in a green house with a constant temperature of 72 degrees. On is watered twice a day the other is watered once. what is the controlled variable?
The temperature
200
when precipitation occurs water flows from ditches, rivers, streams and begins to head toward larger bodies of water. This process is called
run-off
200
Our guests were only a dozen hours late according to my clock. What type observation is being used here?
quantitative
300
What is an instrument that can be used to tell the direction the wind is coming from?
wind vane
300
What is thick puffy mid range clouds with flat bottoms.
cumulus
300
Two identical 3 lb. rubber balls are dropped from a building. one is dropped from 4 stories that other from 8 stories. what is the manipulated variable?
The height they were dropped from
300
What is any type of water that falls from the sky?
Precipatation
300
The toys were chewed up and the dog was left alone in the house with the cat...I know that dog did it. This person made an
a. Quantitative observation
b. inference
c. prediction
inference
400
What is an instrument used to measure temperature?
thermometer
400
What is very low clouds associated with wet or stormy weather
stratus clouds
400
What is the variable that is changed during an experiment
manipulated
400
How does the water cycle begin?
evaporation
400
The farmer's crops grew up to be a few feet high. What type of observation is being used here?
qualitative
500
What is an instrument that can be used to measure wind speed
anemometer
500
What is the very high wispy and feathery clouds
cirrus clouds
500
What is the variable the remains unchanged during a scientific experiment
controlled variable
500
What is the part of the water process where water vapor becomes cooler and comes together?
Condensation
500
I'm going to make a ____________ and say that Plant A will grow higher than plant B because fertilizer was added to plant A.
A. Conclusion
B. Prediction
C.Observation