Earth's Atmosphere
How many layers are in the atmosphere?
What is 5 layers?
_____________ blows clouds around in the sky.
What is wind?
The months that begin the seasons are , ---- , -------, -------, -----.
June, December, March and September
_________ keeps the earth in orbit.
What is the suns gravitational pull?
____ is Earth's natural satellite.
What is the Moon?
The ______ is the layer of the atmosphere that fades into space.
What is the exosphere?
The global water recycling system is called _______________.
What is the water cycle?
The difference in sunrises between the east and the west coast is about _____ hours.
What is 3?
________ is the great bear.
What is ursa major?
An object you cannot see through.
What is opaque?
The troposphere extends to ______ kilometers.
What is 12 kilometers?
_______ percent of Earth's water is freshwater.
What is 3 percent?
If you use a sun tracker, the direction the shadow will move in is _____.
______________is the morning star.
What is Venus?
The push or pull that acts on a object or system.
What is a force?
The atmosphere extends to ______ kilometers.
What is 700 kilometers?
Most of Earth's freshwater is trapped in __________.
What are glaciers?
The Sun is made of _____.
_________ is the summer constellation.
What is Scorpius?
The dark area behind any object that blocks light.
What is a shadow?
Name all the layers of the atmosphere.
What is the Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Exosphere
________ percent of Earth's freshwater is in the atmosphere, soil, lakes, and rivers.
What is one percent?
The month that daylight starts going down is ______.
What is July?
Capricornus is a constellation of a ______________
what is a goat?
The trapping of heat in the atmosphere which is causing Earth's temperatures to rise
What is the greenhouse effect?