Water Cycle
Weather
Scientific Method
Force and Motion
Vocabulary
100
Which best describes rivers streams and lakes?
fresh groundwater
100
Convection currents form when temperatures are?
different
100
What is the first step in the scientific method
Identify the problem and ask a question
100
What force keeps a satellite in orbit?
gavity
100
What is a rain gauge used for?
A tool to measure how much rain has fallen
200
What is water that fills spaces between particles of rock and soil?
ground water
200
Winds generally blow from _______ to ________ over the US
west to east
200
What do you do after you form a hypothesis
conduct an experiment
200
When you ride a roller coaster what makes your body rise out of its seat at the top of a hill?
inertia
200
What is a front
A boundary between to air masses
300
What is the top level of groundwater in an aquifer called?
water table
300
A severe storm warning means that severe storms
Have already formed
300
What do you collect during the experiment?
data
300
Why are simple machines useful?
They reduce the amount of force needed to do work
300
What is climate?
The average of weather conditions over a long period of time.
400
What is frozen raindrops falling from clouds are called
sleet
400
Where do hurricanes get their energy from?
warm ocean water
400
give me an example of a hypothesis
answers will vary
400
Identify 2 simple machines
pulley lever wheel and axle inclined plane
400
What is a barometer?
A tool to measure air pressure.
500
What is the energy source of the water cycle
the sun
500
Which weather instrument is used to measure wind speed?
anemometer
500
What is an independent variable?
The thing you changed on purpose
500
What are the parts of a lever
stiff bar and fulcrum
500
What is an air mass?
A large body of air with similar properties all through it.
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