Lesson 2 Science
What the air is like outside
What is weather?
Why do different places have different climates?
What is the amount of sunlight a place receives?
The water on Earth is found in _____________.
What is different forms?
The scales used to measure temperature are _______________.
What are Celsius and Fahrenheit?
Dangerous weather is also known as _____________.
What is severe weather?
These are made of water or ice particle in the air.
What are clouds?
This is the imaginary line that circle Earth halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole.
What is the equator?
When water vapor cools it changes into____________.
What is tiny water droplets?
This is a tool used to measure temperature: ___________
What is a thermometer?
This is a small but very strong wind that comes down from thunderstorm clouds: ________________
What is a tornado?
This is the pattern of weather in a place over many years.
What is climate?
Places near the __________ often have milder temperatures than places inland.
What is near the ocean?
The change from a gas into a liquid is called _____________.
What is condensation?
This tool measures wind speed: ______________
What is an anemometer?
This is a large storm that starts over warm ocean water: ______________
What is a hurricane?
These are NOT the same thing.
What are weather and climate?
____________ and other landforms may affect climate, too.
What are mountains?
Water that falls to the Earth is called ____________.
What is precipitation?
This is a tool used to measure how much water vapor is in the air: _________________
What is a hygrometer?
A hurricane has very strong _________.
What are winds?
Different parts of the United States have _________.
What are different climates?
This is the height above sea-level.
What is altitude?
Precipitation that flows over the land and collects in streams, lakes, and the ocean is called __________.
What is runoff?
This tool measures how much rain has fallen: __________
What is a rain gauge?
How many years of college do air traffic controllers usually attend?
What are four years of college?