Weather 1
Radiation from the sun rips through space in all
directions, traveling in the form of
________________ ________________.
energy waves
The Water Cycle with wind causes all our
__________________________.
weather
The sun’s radiation energy that makes it to the
Earth’s atmosphere has enough heat to make
______________ happen.
weather
What are the radiation energy waves called that we
see as Light?
_______________ _________________
visible waves
What are the radiation energy waves we feel as
heat called?
__________________ __________________
infrared waves
What is the name of rain, snow, sleet, and hail in the water cycle called?
Precipitation
When the Earth’s radiation energy waves hit the Earth’s atmosphere:
1. Some of the radiation energy waves are
______________ by the Earth’s atmosphere.
absorbed
What are three states where water could be in the
form of in our air?
1. ____________ 2. ___________ 3. ___________
rain, snow, and sleet or hail (ice)
When the Earth’s radiation energy waves hit the Earth’s atmosphere:
Some of the radiation energy waves are
______________ right back into space and don’t
heat up the Earth at all.
reflected
Wind makes the __________ ___________ work.
Water Cycle
Humidity depends on the ____________________ of the air.
temperature
What is the name of the part of the water cycle where water vapor (or gas) is changed into a liquid and collects as water droplets in a cloud?
condensation
What are the elements that makeup water?
2 atoms of ________________ and
1 atom of ________________
two atoms of Hydrogen and one atom of Oxygen
Uneven heating of the land and water moves the air, which is also known as ________.
wind
What is the name of the process in the water cycle where water is turned from liquid into water vapor (a gas)?
Evaporation
What is the smallest particle of matter called?
An ______________.
(Put together, these are the building blocks of matter.)
atom
Some areas of land and water get different uneven amounts of heat. Uneven heating of the land and water moves the __________.
air
What is all matter made up of?
____________________ that are found on Earth.
Elements
What is the name of the chemical formula of a molecule of water?
H₂O
What is the amount of water vapor in the air
called? __________________
humidity
Different surfaces of land and water absorb different amounts of sunlight and store different amounts of _________.
heat
What temperature of air (warm or cold) can hold a lot more water than what temperature of air (warm or cold)?
warm air can hold a lot more water than cold air
What are four of the radiation energy waves that we
can neither see nor feel called?
1. _______________ 2. ______________ 3. ______ 4. _________ _________
X-rays, ultraviolet waves, TV waves,
and radio waves
When the Earth’s radiation energy waves hit the Earth’s atmosphere:
About half of the Sun’s radiation energy waves reach the Earth and _________ into the land and water. Then, most of those waves are __________ back into the Earth’s air as __________ ____________.
soak or absorb
re-radiated
heat waves
Does land or water heat up and cool more quickly?
land (That's why it takes so long, almost until August, to heat Schoolhouse Beach water.)