What is the instrument used to measure temperature?
Thermometer
100
How can we tell what direction the wind is coming from?
A wind vane. The arrow points in the direction from which the wind is coming.
100
What happened when we poured the water on the Cobalt paper?
It turned white.
100
What happened to the water when we put it in the petri dish?
It evaporated
100
Explain the process of evaporation, and give one example.
Liquid to gas (vapor)
200
What instrument is used to measure air temperature?
Barometer
200
What are the two scales we use to measure temperature?
degrees Celcius and degrees Fahrenheit
200
What happened to the Cobalt paper, when we put it in the plastic container of water and sealed it?
It turned pink.
200
What happened to the ice water in our tumblers?
It condensed on the outside of the tumbler.
200
Explain the process of condensation, and give one example.
Gas (vapor) to liquid
300
What tool tells us what direction the wind is coming from?
Wind Vane
300
Thermometers that show both Celcius and Fahrenheit scales are called what?
Dual-scale thermometers
300
Name the three types of clouds we learned about.
Cirrus, Cumulus, Stratus
300
Where does precipitation come from? Give one example of precipitation.
Clouds, rain.
300
Define humidity.
The amount of water vapor in the air.
400
What instrument is used to measure the speed or strength of the wind?
Anemometer
400
Give a real life example of a time when you increased or decreased air pressure.
Inflated a balloon, ball, or bicycle tire. Deflating a balloon, etc.
400
Describe characteristics of one type of cloud we learned about.
Cirrus: high, wispy, curled
Cumulus: fluffy, piled up, usually seen on sunny days
Sratus: low, spread out, grayish white clouds, usually produce rain
400
What are the three steps we learned about in the water cycle?
Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation.
400
Define precipitation and give three examples.
Any form of water that falls from the sky to the Earth. Rain, snow, hail, sleet, freezing rain, hail.
500
What tool did we use to measure humidity? What was the tool used to measure precipitation?
Cobalt paper, rain guage
500
What is the Beaufort scale?
Rates the strength of winds on a scale of 0 to 12.
500
Remember back to our cloud in a jar...
What did the ice over the plastic wrap represent?
What did the water in the jar represent?
What did the water falling from the plastic wrap represent?