Vocabulary Word
The layer of gas surrounding Earth and other planets.
What is an atmosphere?
An imaginary line that runs through both poles of a planet.
What is an Axis?
A full cycle of day and night, or a full rotation lasts ______.
What is 24 hours?
The number of phases in the moon cycle.
WHat are eight moon phases?
The weather outside affects the ______ in the water cycle.
What is precipitation?
Process of changing from gas to a liquid by losing heat.
What is Condensation?
A time of the year that is distinguished by special climate conditions.
What are seasons?
_______ causes the day and night cycle to happen.
What is rotation?
The average temperature of the rainforest has stayed the same over a long period of years. This average temperature would be considered the ________.
What is climate?
When the shadow is on the eastern side, the shadows appear on the _______.
What is the west?
Water returning to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
What is Precipitation?
The action of one object moving around another object in an orbital path.
What is Revolution?
The sun appears to rise across the sky in this direction.
What is east?
On February 4th is was 28 degrees and on February 12th is was 65 degrees.
What os weather?
The _______ is the main source of evaporation.
What is the Sun's heat?
The process by which water travels between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere.
What is the Water Cycle?
The spinning or turning of a planet on its axis.
What is Rotation?
The revolution of the Earth around the Sun causes ________.
What are Seasons.
When it is spring in the northern hemisphere it is ______ in the southern hemisphere.
What is fall?
Noon is also called.
What is the meridan?
The average weather conditions of a particular region for long periods of time.
What is Climate?
The condition of the atmosphere at a place and time. (Daily, Short term)
What is weather?
A cycle caused by Earth's rotation every 29 days.
What are the moon phases?
The ______ moon is when the lit part of the moon is facing away from the Earth.
What is the new moon?
The water that is gathered up in every water cycle.
What is accumulation?