A metal spoon warming in a cup of hot chocolate is an example of
What is conduction?
100
A large body of air that has the same temperature and same moisture
What is an air mass?
100
This layer of the atmosphere has weather
What is the troposphere?
100
A scientist is trying to decide which bird seed is eaten the most by birds. The independent variable is
What is the type of bird seed?
100
When water flows down hill
What is runoff?
200
The sun warming the earth is an example of
What is radiation?
200
the instrument that measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
200
This type of cloud is high and wispy, with ice crystals
What is a cirrus cloud?
200
a student wanted to know if a cricket chirped more times at a higher temperature. The dependent variable is
What is the number of times a cricket chirped?
200
When a liquid turns into a gas
What is evaporation?
300
the sun warming the earth and then the heat rises and warms the air is an example of
What is convection?
300
the composition of this air mass is dry and hot
What is a continental tropical air mass?
300
This front causes stormy weather, and then cold temperatures
What is a cold front?
300
The step of the engineering process when a scientist tests out his idea is
What is the implementation?
300
When clouds become too heavy and it snows
What is precipitation?
400
a hot air balloon rises because of this transfer of energy
What is convection?
400
This front stays in one place for a while
What is a stationary front?
400
This cloud can be close to the ground or low in the sky
What is a stratus cloud?
400
If I wash my clothes with Tide, then my clothes will have less stains because I believe Tide is stronger. This is the _______ of a scientific investigation.
What is the hypothesis?
400
When a plant releases water vapor into the air
What is transpiration?
500
The primary energy source for all living things
What is solar energy?
500
These marks on a weather map connect areas with the same temperatures
What is an isotherm?
500
This layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer
What is the stratosphere?
500
The part of technological design when a prototype is made.