Earth and Its Moon
Space Vocab
Water and weather
100
The Earth's _________ change as it moves around the sun
seasons (page 328)
100
It takes the Earth approximately ________________ to complete one full rotation (page 327)
24 hours
100
This is a drawing of a
tornado (page 311)
200
How much of earth's surface does the sun light at a time? (hint: above)
half
200
It takes the Earth approximately ________________ to complete one full revolution around the sun (page 328)
365 days
200
Ocean water is _____ water while lakes, rivers, and glaciers have_______ water (page 290)
salt...fresh
300
Label the seasons, starting from the left, then to the middle, then the right, then the top
Summer, fall, winter, spring
300
The ___________ change as the Earth moves around the sun (page 328)
seasons
300
***DOUBLE POINTS***
Name all of the weather measuring tools you have learned about and write what they do (page 306-307)
See student answers for thermometer, rain gauge, wind vane, and wind meter
400
Stand up and do the motion earth does on its axis
Rotate
400
Earth’s ___________ causes the cycle of day and night (page 327)
rotation
400
Water moves back and forth between Earth’s surface and the air. What part of the water cycle happens when water moves from the air to the ground? (page 296)
precipitation
500
Stand up and do the motion that earth does around the sun
Revolve/Orbit
500
The Earth is tilted to one side on its __________ (page 327)
Axis
500
Which word describes the change of a state of water from a liquid to a gas? (page 294)
Evaporation