Weather, Climate, and Atmosphere
What blocks most of the Sun's ultraviolet rays from reaching Earth's surface?
atmopshere
What are the 8 planets in order from the sun?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
The spinning of an object on its axis is called ____
rotation (rotate)
Juan watches the night sky every night for 5 days. He notices the movement of stars. What kind of investigation is this?
(systematic) observation
What movement occurs in a convection current?
hot rises, cold sinks (higher density sinks, lower density floats)
What is climate?
Long term average of weather (temperature, humidity, wind, precipitation) in a certain area
Give 2 characteristics of gas giants
• Gas giants are very large.
• Gas giants have lower densities than Earth.
• Gas giants are made of mostly hydrogen and helium.
• Gas giants have small, rocky cores surrounded by deep, massive atmospheres.
• Gas giants are far from the sun.
• Gas giants have planetary rings and many moons.
In a Solar eclipse, what celestial body is totally or partially blocked?
sun
Brianna was repeating Daisy's experiment, what is the science vocabulary word for this?
replicate (replication)
What does the prefix "geo-" mean?
Earth
It is 78 degrees Fahrenheit with a low chance of rain on Tuesday in Plant City, Florida is an example of ____
If you are measuring from the Sun to the next nearest star, what units would you use?
lightyears
What process transfers energy from the Sun to Earth's atmosphere?
radiation
Name 2 examples of a model
weather map
diagram of weather cycle
diagram of currents
Gizmo
(Basically anything showing something that is not the real thing to help explain science)
What can you do to protect yourself against sun damage?
sunscreen
protective clothing
Why do meteors crash on Mars frequently but not on Earth?
they burn up due to friction in the Earth's atmosphere
As two planet's distance increases, what happens with the gravity?
gravitational force decreases
What is the reason that the planets orbit the sun and they do not orbit each other?
Sun has a much greater mass than all of the planets combined in our solar system
When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water. What is the
1. Controlled (constant) variable
2. Independent Variable
3. Dependent Variable
1. same type of plant, equal light, equal water
2. fertilizer
3. height
Water evaporates from a lake into the air, forming clouds. The clouds eventually form rain and it falls to the ground. In which spheres does this cycle happen?
hydrosphere and atmosphere
If the jet stream moves south of Florida, what kind of weather (temperature) would Florida have?
cooler
Order these celestial bodies from smallest to largest
galaxy
solar system
universe
star
universe, galaxy, solar system, star
What causes ocean tides?
Gravitational pull of the Moon (and sun)
At a science center, students spend an afternoon working in small groups to solve riddles. The riddles are not about science topics and do not relate to the mission of the center.
What would be an explanation why the science center would spend time on this activity?
Solving riddles requires creative thinking, which is an important science skill
Name the 3 locations we have studied that have convection currents
Earth's atmosphere
oceans
Sun
Earth's Mantle