Weather
The condition of the atmosphere around us
What is weather?
The continuous movement of water between the surface of the Earth and its atmosphere
What is the water cycle?
An imaginary line that passes through the Earth's center from the North pole to the South pole
What is the Earth's Axis?
The length of the lunar cycle
What is about 30 days (29.5 days to be exact)?
When is the longest shadow typically cast on Earth?
What is during sunrise or sunset
A tool to measure air pressure
What is a barometer
Liquid water changes into water vapor
What is Evaporation?
The amount of time it takes Earth to rotate once on its axis
What is 24 hours?
What the different shapes of the moon that we see are called
What are phases?
The time of day when shadows are shortest.
What is noon (midday)
A tool to measure liquid precipitation
What is a rain gauge
Water vapor changes into liquid water droplets and forms clouds
What is condensation?
The amount of time it takes Earth to revolve around the sun
What is 365 days?
When you can see the entirety of the moon
What is a full moon?
In which direction does the sun rise and set?
Rises east, sets west
The science of the atmosphere and weather forecasting.
What is Meteorology?
Water droplets in clouds become too heavy and fall in the form of water or ice to the Earth's surface.
What is precipitation?
The amount that Earth is tilted on its axis
What is 23.5 degrees?
When you cannot see the moon at all
What is a new moon?
What causes the length of a shadow to change throughout the day?
What is the position of the Sun in the sky
Water vapor in the air is also known as
What is humidity
Water running into bodies of water from mountains and other surfaces on the Earth
What is surface runoff?
What does the difference in light the earth receives cause?
What are the seasons?
When you can see less than half the moon
What is a crescent?
Describe what happens to a shadow from sunrise to sunset.
Answers may vary.
The sun rises and shadows are long and narrow, as the day continues to midday, the shadows decrease. After midday until sunset the shadows increase to become long and narrow until night.