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Earth Sun Moon
Earth Sun Moon
Weather & Climate
Weather & Climate
Water Cycle
100
How long does it take the Earth to rotate?
1 day or 24 hours
100
How long does it take the earth to revolve around the sun?
What is 1 year or 365 days
100
Where would the words average, usually or typically go, with weather or climate?
What is Climate.
100
Where would the words today, tomorrow, daily or this weekend go..with weather or climate?
What is weather
100
What is condensation?
What is the physical change in matter from gas to a liquid? Clouds.
200
What is the Sun made out of?
Gas
200
Do the earth sun and moon all 3 have cores?
What is yes
200
What does a warm front look like?
What is red bumps
200
what does a cold front look like?
What is blue triangles
200
What is a tool used to measure how much rain has fallen?
What is a rain gauge?
300
Is there water on the moon?
What is yes, frozen water.
300
What causes day and night?
What is the earths rotation
300
What is a meteorologist?
What is a scientists who studies weather patterns
300
How are weather and climate different?
What is Weather is the day to day changes in the condition of the atmosphere, but climate is the average over a long period of time.
300
What is run off?
the movement of water on a surface to areas of lower elevation
400
Which Direction does the Sun rise and set?
What is Rises in the east and sets in the west
400
What is different about a shadow at 12:00pm than 6:00am?
What is 12:00pm the shadow will be shorter and facing north/ south. At 6:00 am the shadow would be longer and facing west.
400
How do fronts affect the weather?
What is Warm fronts bring higher temperatures. Cold fronts bring lower temperatures.
400
The table shows some weather data collected over a five-day period. What pattern over the five days can be observed in the collected data?
What is Rain came along with lower temperatures
400
What are the different forms of precipitation?
What is rain, snow, sleet or hail
500
Explain the difference between Rotate and Revolve
What is to Rotate is to make a complete spin on an axis. To revolve is to to make a complete turn or orbit around another object.
500
Name all of the phases of the moon
What is New Moon, Waxing Crescent, first quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning gibbous, third quarter, waning crescent.
500
Why is the temperature higher at the Equator?
What is this area has more direct sunlight
500
Why are the temperatures lower at the poles?
What is These areas receive less direct sunlight, and at different times of the year, receive little or no sunlight.
500
What is transpiration?
What is essentially evaporation of water from plant leaves into the atmosphere.