Water
When water falls from the sky, either frozen or liquid, we call it what:
Precipitation
What is the innermost part of the earth called?
The Core
When molten rock meets the surface of the earth, it's called:
Lava
Big fluffy clouds are called
Cumulus clouds
What is the closest planet to the sun?
Mercury
The gradual wearing away of land by wind or water is:
Erosion
A plan, and an explosion!
Molten rock underneath the crust of the earth is:
Magma
The weight of the air pushing on everything on the earth is called
Air Pressure or Atmospheric Pressure
A ball of rock and dust and ice, and leave a tail as they get closer to the sun
A comet
Is the ocean becoming more or less salty?
More
Triple Jeopardy!!!
What are the 5 criteria of a mineral?
What type of rock is created from volcanic material?
Igneous rock
How much of the air we breathe is actually oxygen?
21%
What is a light year?
The distance light can travel in a year.
Currents, waves, and tides
A river of slow moving ice, formed by layers of accumulated snow compacting.
Glacier
What do we mean when a volcano is dormant?
It has not erupted in 50 years, but may still erupt.
As the earth spins, the air molecules in the atmosphere are dragged with it. So air in the North tends to move to the right and air in the South to the left. What is this known as?
The Coriolis Effect
A cloud of gas and dust in space
A nebula
Name the 5 main oceans:
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Antarctic
What are the 3 types of rock?
Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary
The volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean are collectively known as the:
Ring of Fire
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather describes the conditions in the atmosphere at a specific moment in time. Climate describes the overall pattern of weather conditions in a place over a long period of time
What is a solar eclipse?
When the moon comes between the earth and the sun, blocking out the sun