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Clouds form when air containing water vapor rises or falls?
What is RISES?
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Clouds form when air containing water vapor gets cooler or warmer?
What is COOLER?
100
There used to be a forest, but people cut it down and cleared it away to build a mall. Could this affect the weather in that area? Yes or no?
What is YES?
100
An airplane flies higher and in the atmosphere. How is the air pressure outside changing?
What is THERE IS LESS AIR PRESSURE.
100
Clouds form when air containing water vapor condenses on what kind of particle?
What is DUST PARTICLE?
200
If a forest was cleared to build a mall, and you're wondering if it will affect the weather by you, what would you research? A)The types of stores in the mall B)How many people used the land C)How many different species there are D)The average temperature before and after the mall.
What is D, the average temperature before and after.
200
What is the smallest object in our Solar System? A) a planet B) a star C) a galaxy D) an asteroid
What is D, an ASTEROID.
200
If you live in a city by the ocean, you will usually have MILD or COLD winters?
The ocean heats up and cools down slower, so your winter will be MILD.
200
Cities along the ocean usually have HOT summers or COOL summers?
The ocean heats up and cools slower, so it will never get too hot. It will have a COOL summer.
200
Almost all our water on Earth (97%) is found where?
What is SALTWATER OCEANS.
300
Look at your weather map #1. If you are driving from Los Angeles to El Paso, what kind of front will you be driving through?
What is A COLD FRONT.
300
Water vapor will condense on dust and become clouds. What must occur for it to fall as rain?
What is THE WATER DROPLETS MUST BECOME TOO HEAVY OR LARGE, THEN IT WILL FALL AS RAIN.
300
A weather balloon is released into the atmosphere and starts rising. Would the atmospheric temperature INCREASE or DECREASE as it rises?
What is DECREASE...there is LESS air pressure.
300
In the water cycle, what happens to water just before precipitation?
What is WATER CONDENSES.
300
Think of a beach...ocean and land. What will happen when the air above the land starts to warm and rise?
What is WIND or CONVECTION CURRENT.
400
Look at your weather map. What kind of weather would you find right by the arrow?
What is RAINY WEATHER.
400
What is an easy, really good way for people to conserve fresh water?
What is TURN OFF FAUCET WHILE BRUSHING TEETH.
400
You are a meteorologist and are looking at a weather map for March 12. How far in advance can you ACCURATELY (correctly) predict the weather? A)weather for next March, or 1 year. B)weather for April, or 1 month. C)weather for March 1, or 11 days before D)weather for March 13, or 1 day
What is D, weather for 1 day.
400
Where does water vapor change to liquid water? A)river B)ocean C)atmosphere D)underground
What is C, ATMOSPHERE.
400
On the surface of the Earth, about 70% is covered by ___?
What is OCEANS or SALTWATER OCEANS.
500
There are millions of people in Los Angeles. That's a lot of fresh drinking water we need to have! The problem is, it doesn't rain much...mostly during winter. What would be the best way of saving that rain water? A)create more streams and rivers B)store rainwater in reservoirs C)use ocean water D)drink less water in the summer
What is B, STORE RAINWATER.
500
Our moon keeps orbiting our planet and never flies off. What keeps the moon stay in orbit around Earth? Is it EARTH'S GRAVITATIONAL PULL, or SUN'S GRAVITATIONAL PULL?
What is EARTH'S GRAVITATIONAL PULL?
500
What do you need for a hurricane to form? WARM or COOL ocean water, and DRY or MOIST air?
What is WARM ocean water and MOIST air.
500
The sun is extremely hot! What does the sun need to produce so much heat? ___________ and ___________.
What is HYDROGEN AND HELIUM.
500
San Francisco is a California city by the ocean. They have mild winters and cool summers. The temperature doesn't change much. Sacramento, on the other hand, is a city that is in the middle of California. They have cold winters and hot, hot, hot summers. Why does the temperature change so much more in Sacramento?
What is SACRAMENTO IS NOT BY THE OCEAN, WHICH WARMS AND COOLS SLOWER THAN LAND. SACRAMENTO COOLS DOWN AND HEATS UP WAY QUICKER!