Vocabulary
Seasons
Heat
Water Cycle
Weather Instraments
100
THe study of weather
What is meteorology
100
The Earth rotates around which star or planet?
What is the sun
100
Heat by contact
What is conduction
100
Name two "stops" that water can visit
What is glacier, river, lake, animal, plant, groundwater, ocean, atmosphere, or soil.
100
Measures wind speed
What is anemometer
200
The condition of the atmosphere at a specific time and place
What is weather
200
In North America it is summer, what season is it in Australia?
What is winter
200
Heat travel through the air
What is radiation
200
The water in a lake evaporates and goes into an atmosphere, then what?
What is precipitation (rain or snow)
200
Measures humidity
What is hygrometer
300
The turn of the Earth on its axis once.
What is rotation
300
The reason for the seasons
What is the tilt of the Earth
300
The movement of heat in a liquid or gas
What is convection
300
Name the 3 different steps that happen in the water cycle
What is convection, precipitation, and evaporation (collection)
300
Measures temperature
What is thermometer
400
The full trip around the sun
What is revolution
400
The axis points toward the sun in _________
What is summer in North America
400
Is hot liquid or cold liquid denser?
What is cold liquid
400
Layers of gases that surround the Earth
What is Atmosphere
400
Measures wind direction
What is compass
500
The amount of space something can hold
What is mass
500
The Earth points North during which seasons?
What is all 4.
500
mass divided by volume = ______
What is density
500
What part does the sun play?
What is heats glaciers to melt them, or heats water to cause evaporation
500
labeled mB (millibars)
What is barometer
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