You can use a ________ to find out which day is your friend's birthday.
calendar
100
What are clouds made from?
tiny drops of water that are sent into the air by the sun
100
What does an anemometer do?
It measures how fast the wind is blowing.
100
How many planets are in the solar system?
(HINT: Your book is wrong.)
8
100
What is a constellation?
a picture made by drawing imaginary lines between a group of stars
200
What do you find in a map key?
symbols (small, simple pictures which stand for something bigger)
200
How does the sun affect the weather?
it can make it warmer or colder
200
What word means "how hot or cold something is." What tool do we use to measure it?
temperature, thermometer
200
Which planet is the smallest?
Mercury
200
What are stars made of?
burning gas
300
Pretend that the whiteboard is in the north part of your classroom. Where are the other three compass directions?
West is to the left, east to the right, and south is in the back of the room.
300
Are wind and rain good things? Why or why not?
Yes, all living things need water from the rain and some living things need the wind to help them spread seeds or smell things easier.
300
How do scientists know how much rain or snow has fallen?
They can use a rain gauge.
300
The big planets are all made of _________, but the small planets are all made of __________.
gas, rock
300
Why is the sky brighter when we see a full moon? Does it give off light?
The moon does not give off light, it reflects light from the sun.
400
How many days are in December?
31
400
What is a weather chart for?
It helps you follow changes in the weather.
400
Tornadoes, droughts, and hurricanes are examples of __________ weather.
dangerous
400
Why can't we live on Neptune?
It is made of gas, so we couldn't stand on it. Also it's very far from the sun which makes it too cold.
400
What happens to the sky every 24 hours? Why?
Every 24 hours the sky goes from light to dark and back again because the Earth is spinning. Sometimes it faces the sun, so the sky is light, sometimes it faces away, so the sky is dark.
500
Describe the difference between wants and needs and give two examples for each.
Needs are things we must have to survive, while wants are things we would like to have but don't need.
[answers will vary]
500
Can you have weather inside? Why or why not?
No, weather means "what the air is like outside." The air inside would be called something else.
500
Why is it important to study weather changes?
[answers may vary]
500
Name all the planets, in order, starting from the one closest to the sun.