The Water Cycle
The process that changes a liquid into a gas
What is evaporation?
The air that surrounds the Earth. It includes the thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, and troposphere.
The path an object takes as it moves around another object in space
What is a planet's orbit?
The imaginary line that the Earth rotates around.
What is the axis?
Collects weather data from outerspace
What is a satellite?
The source of energy for the water cycle
What is the sun?
Scientists who study weather and the atmosphere
What are meteorologists?
The force of an object's pull on another
What is gravity?
It takes 29 1/2 days to complete
What are the phases of the moon?
Non-jeopardy questions: What is the weather like along a cold front?
Multiple correct answers (example: cold temperatures, precipitation)
A place where fresh water from a river mixes with salt water from the ocean
What is an estuary?
A place where two air masses meet
What is a front?
The Earth's tilt causes changes in ________.
What are seasons?
Patterns of stars in the sky.
What are constellations?
Non-jeopardy question: Name 3 things that can be used to collect weather data.
Multiple correct answers (Example: satellite, weather balloon, weather airplane, weather station)
The reason you should not pour paint, oil, and other harmful chemicals down the drain
What is pollution?
A tool that is used to measure wind speed
What is an anemometer?
The Earth casting it's shadow on the moon
What is a solar eclipse?
The Earth takes 365 days to complete
Non-jeopardy question: Name 3 places where you can find freshwater.
Evaporation -> Condensation -> Precipitation -> Collection
Non-Jeopardy question: Read the weather map and name three things that you notice about it.
Multiple correct answers (examples: cold front, 85 degrees, 4-7 mph wind, rain in Charlotte)
Non-jeopardy question: Compare the inner planets and outer planets. Name 3 characteristics of each.
Multiple correct answers. (Examples: distance from the sun, colder/warmer, number of moons, gas/rock)
Non-jeopardy: Explain what causes day and night.
Rotation of the Earth on its axis causes the sun to shine on different parts of the Earth as it spins. The parts that are exposed to the sun are experiencing daytime while the parts on the other side are experiencing night time.
Non-jeopardy question: What are the 3 phases that water can take the form of?
gas, liquid, ice