Weather & Climate
This is what you call the air outside right now (sunny, rainy, windy).
What is weather?
The layer of Earth we walk on that has soil and rocks.
What is the geosphere (or ground/soil)?
Water that falls from clouds to Earth (rain, snow, sleet) is called _____.
What is precipitation?
A push or pull that can make something start moving is called a ____.
What is a force?
Plants need sunlight, water, and air to live. True or False?
What is true?
A tool used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
Small pieces of rock that have been broken down by wind, water, or ice
What is sediment?
The process where water turns from liquid to gas and goes into the air.
What is evaporation?
If forces on an object balance, the object will _____ (stay still or move at the same speed).
What will it do? — What is stay still or continue moving at the same speed (balanced forces)?
The place where an animal lives and gets what it needs is called its _____.
What is a habitat?
The long-term usual weather for a place (what you expect in a season).
What is climate?
When rocks break into smaller pieces over time, this process is called _____.
What is weathering?
Water that soaks into the ground is called _____.
What is infiltration (or groundwater)?
When you push a toy car harder it moves faster. This shows that more force changes the object's _____.
What is speed (or motion)?
Living things that can make their own food using sunlight are called _____.
What are producers (or plants)?
Clouds that look puffy like cotton balls are called this.
What are cumulus clouds?
A sudden shaking of the ground caused by Earth's movement is called an _____.
What is an earthquake?
The whole journey of water moving between air, land, and bodies of water is called the _____.
What is the water cycle?
Friction is a force that does this to motion (helps it or slows it down?).
What is slows it down?
When many animals of the same kind live together and help each other survive, this is called a _____.
What is a group, community, or herd/flock (accept social group)?
When warm air rises and cool air sinks, it can make this happen that moves air over Earth.
What is convection (or convection currents)?
Fossils in rock layers help scientists learn about this (what the rocks tell us happened long ago).
What is Earth's history (or changes over time shown in rock layers)?
When water vapor cools and forms tiny droplets that make clouds, this is called _____.
What is condensation?
Name one way wind can change where things are placed on Earth (give an example).
What is erosion by wind blowing sand, or moving soil, or changing landforms?
Name one way plants help the soil or land over time (give an example).
What is preventing erosion with roots, adding nutrients through leaves, or helping form soil with decaying parts?