Sun-Earth-Moon
Earth does this on its axis every 24 hours, causing day and night.
What is rotate?
Which planet is closer to the Sun: Venus or Jupiter?
Venus
A material on earth that is necessary or useful to people.
What is a natural resource?
Volcanic eruptions occur when __________ is released from a volcano
What is magma?
When water droplets in the air become too heavy they fall as a result of gravity in the form of _________.
List the 4 types______ _______ _______ ______.
What is precipitation?
rain, snow, sleet, hail
Unlike the Sun, the Moon does not make its own light. It does this to the Sun's light instead.
What is reflect?
What is the 3rd planet from the sun?
A. Mars
B. Earth
C. Pluto
Earth
These are the four ways people use natural resources.
P-CAT
products, construction, agriculture, transportation (oil/gas AND the vehicle materials itself)
Earthquakes occur when tectonic plates slide past each other, move away, or collide.
Most earthquakes are small and do NOT change Earth’s surface. True or False
True
Scientists record patterns in weather conditions across time and place to make predictions about what kind of weather might occur next. The name for the predictions is __________.
What is a forecast?
This is the approximate number of days it takes for the Moon to orbit the Earth one time.
What is about one month?
What is the sun?
A. Star
B. Light
C. Planet
A) Star
List three natural sources of energy that do not get used up like coal, gas and oil do.
*Hint: also considered FLOW resources
What are water, wind, sun?
What do we call a large mass of earth or rock that moves quickly down a slope due to any of the following: heavy rains, drought, snowfall, volcanic eruption, earthquakes, not enough plants/roots.
What is a landslide?
Amount of precipitation is measured in a/an ______.
BONUS points for the scientific name.
What is a rain gauge?
What is a pluviometer.
If you were to compare the sizes of the Earth and the Moon, you could fit about four Moons across the width of one Earth. Looking at the Sun, however, it is much, much larger. Approximately how many Earths could fit inside the Sun?
A) 10
B) 100
C) Over 1,000,000 (1 Million)
C) Over 1,000,000 (1 Million)
This is the name for the nearly circular path Earth takes as it travels around the Sun once every 365 days.
What is its orbit?
The 3 R’s of protecting natural resources.
An example of this is to fit two pages of work onto one piece of paper.
What is reduce, reuse, and recycle?
What is reduce?
Describe how both weathering and decomposition work together to form soil over time.
Weathering breaks rock into small mineral pieces; decomposition adds organic matter from plants and animals; together they form fertile soil over time.
Answers may vary slightly. BONUS points for using RACE.
BONUS QUESTION
Air temperature is measured using a/an ________.
A tool used to measure wind direction.
What is a thermometer?
What is a wind vane OR wind sock?
This imaginary line runs through the center of the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole, and Earth tilts on it.
What is an axis?
This is the correct order of the planets starting from the Sun.
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
Graham collects & places plastic bottles in a blue tub. What will most likely happen to the plastic bottles?
What is they will be recycled?
Describe one way clay and sand differ in how quickly water moves through them.
Water moves slowly through clay (tiny spaces hold water) and quickly through sand (large spaces between grains). Answers may vary.
This type of pressure brings fair weather.
What is HIGH pressure.