Gas and Farts
What Else We Learned
What's that in the Sky?
Isn't it Hot?
Devices
100
What holds the Earth's heat in?
What is the Atmosphere.
100
What is Air Pressure?
What is The force exerted on a surface by the air above it.
100
What are the stages of the water cycle?
What are condensation, evaporation, precipitation and runoff
100
What would increase the temperature in the classroom?
What is thermostat, heater, people, sun
100
What do we use to measure how much it rains? How does it work?
What is a rain gauge
200
What are the layers of the Atmosphere?
What is Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere.
200
How is wind created?
What is Hot air rises, and cool air rushes in to fill the space left behind. This rushing of cool air creates wind.
200
How does water change during the water cycle? (hint, it's a liquid during runoff)
What is liquid-> gas -> liquid/solid -> liquid/solid
200
What helps the weather change on the planet?
What is The Sun.
200
What do we use to measure wind direction? How does it work?
What is a weathervane
300
What does Climate mean?
What is the average temperature of a region.
300
What would you want to make a rain coat or winter coat out of?
What is A water resistant fabric, like rubber fabric and a warm material to hold the heat in.
300
What are our 4 types of clouds?
What are Vertically Developing, High Clouds, Low Clouds and Mid-Clouds
300
Why are some times of the day and year hotter than others?
What is The Sun shines more/longer.
300
What do we use to measure temperature changes? How does it work?
What is an thermometer
400
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
What is Is when Greenhouse Gases (methane, carbon dioxide and water vapour) trap the Sun’s heat in the atmosphere and do not release it.
400
Why is it important to be able to predict the weather?
What is So we can dress appropriately to protect ourselves, farmers use it to plan planting seasons.
400
What types of precipitation fall from the sky? How about the ground?
What is snow, sleet, hail, rain and fog and dew
400
How does a Hot Air Balloon work?
What is Air that is heated rises in the balloon which caused the basket to lift off the ground.
400
What do we use to measure wind speed? How does it work?
What is an anemometer.
500
What can people do to decrease Global Warming?
What is Car pool, recycle, decrease Greenhouse Gases
500
Why should we care about Global Warming?
What is To keep the Earth healthy for future generations. To keep animal and plant life alive.
500
What types of clouds do you not want to see in the sky if you want to play outside in the sun? Why?
What is low, mid, vertically developing.
500
If you are on the beach at sunset after a very hot day, where would you stand so your feet would be warm? Why?
What is Water b/c it retains heat more than soil
500
What can we use to measure wind speed if we do not have an anemometer? How does it work?
What is Bubbles.
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