In the water cycle, rain, snow, or sleet falling to the ground is a form of--
What is PRECIPITATION?
100
This is the reason we have DAY and NIGHT on Earth....
What is Rotating on our AXIS?
100
This is the PATH the Earth takes around the Sun...
What is ORBIT
100
How long does it take the moon to make one orbit around the Earth?
What is 29 1/2 days?
100
A cold from is expected to move through Austin on Thursday afternoon. This would be the prediction for the temperatures in Austin on Friday.
What is DECREASING?
200
what process is taking place when water in the ocean changes to a gas?
What is EVAPORATION?
200
If a cold front is heading towards Dallas on Wednesday....the temperatures in Dallas can be predicted to ........on Thursday.
What is DECREASE
200
Which process in the water cycle happens when the cooling of air causes water vapor to change to a
liquid?
What is CONDENSATION
200
At day 14 the right side of the moon is illuminated ....how will the moon about 14 days later????
What is the LEFT side will be illuminated?
200
Which of the following causes high tides on Earth?
What is the Moon’s gravitational pull on Earth?
300
At 8 am Ms. Anderson went outside to measure her shadow. What direction was her shadow facing?
What is WEST (The Sun rises in the east and her shadow will be facing the opposite direction)
300
What provides the energy that causes winds?
What is the SUN?
300
What process (change) is taking place in the water cycle to the water in a lake or ocean? (be specific...NOT just a vocabulary word)
What is a liquid is changing to a gas?
300
A student observed the Moon on a Tuesday. She drew a picture this phase in her notebook THAT LOOKED LIKE A CRESENT. Approximately how long will the student have to wait before she can see the Moon with this
EXACT same phase again?
What is 28 DAYS?
400
A student holds a model of Earth that can rotate on a stick. Another student shines a flashlight on the
model as it turns. The model is most likely used to show--
What is DAY AND NIGHT?
400
The Earth revolves around the Sun while tilted on its axis. What is one important effect of this tilt?
What is the FOUR SEASONS?
400
This is the reason for DAY and NIGHT.
What is ROTATION on the axis?
400
Water on Earth cycles in different forms and in different locations. Which process occurs up in the clouds?
What is What is CONDENSATION?
400
A picture below shows a boy and the shadow he creates while standing on the playground one day.
Which of the following best explains why he creates a shadow?
What is He blocks light from the Sun?
500
When it is Winter in New York City what season it it in Rio De Janerio, Brazil? WHY?
What is Summer because when the northern Hemisphere is facing AWAY from the SUN, the Southern Hemisphere is facing TOWARDS the Sun.
500
Which of the following would a meteorologists NOT need to make predictions about the direction a Hurricane might go:
wind speed, wind direction, air temperature
What is Air Temperature
500
A hurricane is a severe storm that forms over warmer bodies of water near the equator. Meteorologists
create weather maps that predict when and where a hurricane will arrive onshore. What important
imformation about the weather do they need to know?
What is the WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION?
500
Mrs. Grant wore a fabulous new glitzy necklace to school one day. She then decided to fly to Mars to visit Ms. Andersons vacation home. What changes about her fab necklace? The MASS or the WEIGHT and WHY?????
What is WEIGHT because the pull of gravity is different.!