Weather and Climate
Measures rain fall
rain gauge
What is rotation?
Spinning on an axis.
How many planets are there?
8
Who was the first American in space?
Alan Shepard
What was your favorite science memory?
Various answers.
What is the measure of how much moisture is in the air?
Humidity
What is a nonrenewable resource?
A resource that when used up is considered gone because it takes so long to replenish.
Name the four rocky planets.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Name of the first monkey in space?
Ham
What is the scientific method?
Process to help answer a question by conducting an experiment and testing a hypothesis.
What usually takes place where two fronts meet?
What causes moon phases?
The lit up portion of the moon by the sun that is visible from earth.
Name the four gas planets.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth and how many times did they orbit?
John Glenn, 3
What advice do you have for incoming 6th graders next year?
Various answers.
What are nimbus clouds?
What is a synthetic resource? Give an example.
A resource that was derived from nature but has gone through a chemical change by a man made process. Medicines and plastics.
Which planet rotates on its side?
Uranus
What planet is NASA currently exploring in space?
Mars
What did Mrs. Martinez recently get and is learning all about?
Bees!
Air masses that form at high latitudes in areas that are cold and dry are called what?
Continental arctic air masses
When the moon passes between the sun and Earth.
Which planet has extremely hot temperatures and winds?
Venus
What were the three names of the very valuable and brilliant people who helped John Glenn calculate his launching and landing coordinates?
Mary Jackson
Dorothy Vaughan
Katherine Johnson
In 7th grade you will study biology which is what?
Life Science, the study of all living things