Scientific Instruments
A thermometer is used for
a. measuring temperature
b. measuring length of something
a. temperature
If a thermometer reads 30 degrees should you
a. wear shorts and a t-shirt
b. coat and hat
c. just normal clothes
when you go outside.
b. coat and hat. It is below freezing!
Which word does not belong?
rainy
snowy
sunny
muddy
muddy The rest describe weather!
What causes evaporation?
a. the sun
b. the moon
c. the earth spinning
a. The sun The sun warms the earth and changes the state of water in oceans, lakes and rivers from a liquid into a gas vapor which then goes into the atmosphere.
A tool that measures the direction of the wind is a
a. transmitter
b. wind vane
c. seisomograph
b. wind or weather vane. Remember? We made on in class!
Which season is missing from this list?
Spring, _______, Fall, Winter.
Summer
If the temperature is 85 to 90 degrees for two weeks in a row what season are you probably in?
a. winter
b. summer
c. spring
b. summer Summer has the warmest months of the year. Grab your shorts and t shirt!
True or False?
Water on earth is recycled through the water cycle.
True
Evaporation changes water from a liquid to a _______.
a. solid
b. gas
b. gas
True or False?
Weather desccribes the atmospheric conditions that we see every day.
True The weather usually changes day to day.
What is something that repeates itself over and over again called?
a. a temperature
b. a pattern
c. a hypothesis
b. a pattern
If I wanted to build a snowman, I would probably need to wait for what season?
a. fall
b. winter
c. spring
b. winter Winter is when the snows come here in Virginia.
True or False?
The water you drink has been around for a long time.
True. The water cycle recycles water.
Condensation happens when water vapor cools off as it goes up into the atmosphere.
True or False?
True
Climate is a _________________ ________ record of the weather
a. day to day
b. long term or over a long time
c. neither
b. long term
A meterologist is . . .
a. someone who gives you medicine when you are sick.
b. someone who studies people from long ago.
c. someone who studies the weather.
c. someone who studies the weather.
How many seasons are there?
a. 3
b. 2
c. 4
4 Can you name all four?
Precipitation is
a. rain, snow, sleet, hail
b. dust storms
c. strong winds
a. rain, snow, sleet, hail
Which is not a type of cloud?
Cumulus
Cirrus
Stratus
Tsunami
Tsunami
If it is 32 degrees outside is it cold or hot?
cold. It is freezing!
If a thermometer reads 90 degrees is it ______ outside.
a. hot
b. cold
a. hot
We know that each season has different kinds of weather due to _____________ from the past.
a. hypothesis
b. the teacher told us so
c. patterns of weather
c. patterns of weather
Clouds are made from droplets of
a. sand from dustorms
b. crushed rocks
c. water droplets with a dust particle sometimes in them
c. water droplets . . .
Precipitation happens when the cloud is full of
a. dust
b. wind
c. water droplets
c. water droplets
When Ms. Markie returns tomorrow she will
a. bring us nothing new to do
b. bring us some new stuff to explore and play with
c. ask us if we have been good for Ms. "S".
You can have more than one answer!
b and c See you Wednesday!