What is the term for the air and dust that surrounds the Earth?
What is the atmosphere
100
A meteorologist is measuring how much precipitation has fallen in a day. What instrument would she use?
What is a rain gauge
100
What type of object is the sun?
What is a star
100
What is the term used when the Earth spins on its axis (turns itself all the way around)?
What is rotates / rotation
100
The Latin affix luna means what?
What is the moon
200
What is the term for the collection of all groundwater, oceans, lakes, streams, rivers, glaciers, and ice caps?
What is the hydrosphere
200
A meteorologist is trying to tell which direction the wind is blowing. Which instrument should he use?
What is wind vane or weather vane
200
What is the main source of the moon's light?
What is the sun
200
What is the term used when the Earth moves around the sun?
What is revolves / revolution
200
The Latin affix graph means what?
What is writing
300
There are seven continents on planet Earth. Name at least 5 of them.
What is Antarctica, North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe
300
A meteorologist is measuring how much air pressure is in the atmosphere. What instrument should he use?
What is barometer
300
Give the names of the planets (A) closest to the sun and (B) farthest from the sun.
What are (A) Mercury and (B) Neptune / Pluto
300
How long does it take the Earth to (A) rotate one time and (B) revolve one time?
What is (A) one day (B) one year
300
The Latin affix geo means what?
What is earth
400
In which layer of the atmosphere does most weather occur?
What is troposphere
400
A meteorologist is measuring how much humidity is in the air. What instrument would she use?
What is hygrometer
400
Which process would make a river wider: deposition, weathering, erosion, or volcanic eruption ?
What is erosion
400
What is the term for chunks or rock or metal that pass through the Earth's atmosphere and often appear as a streak of light (a falling star)?
What is a meteor (if it strikes the ground, it is a meteorite)
400
The Latin affix mech means what?
What is machine
500
Give the scientific term for the crust and the upper part of the mantle.
What is the lithosphere
500
A meteorologist is measuring wind speed. What is the name of the instrument that she should use?
What is anemometer
500
If August measures the distance that a horse travels and divides it by the time it took the horse to travel that distance, what is August calculating? Distance / Time = ?
What is speed
500
The pull of the moon's gravity of Earth would affect which of the following: phases of the moon, lunar eclipses, ocean tides, lunar orbit ?