1. Science Sprint #4 Weather AND Earth, Moon, Sun
Air circulates around the Earth in big chunks called:
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What is the measure of the amount of heat/thermal energy in the atmosphere?
What is the boundary between two air masses of different temperature and humidity called?
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What is the amount of moisture in the air known as?
What is the name for severe storms that form over warm ocean water?
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What does the weight of the air cause?
What are the four types of precipitation?
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2. air masses front temperature hurricanes humidity
(these have approximately the
same temperature, air pressure,
and moisture throughout)
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front
temperature
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hurricanes
humidity
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rain, snow, sleet, hail
air pressure
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3. A barometer measures air pressure. A falling barometer often means:
Which clouds look like puffy white cotton balls?
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Which clouds are dark and very big? (Sometimes they are described as “anvil” shaped.)
What kind of weather do cumulonimbus clouds bring?
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Which cloud forms a gray blanket over the sky, blocking out direct sunlight?
What kind of weather do cumulus clouds bring?
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Which clouds are thin and wispy and form high in the sky (Sometimes they are high enough to have ice crystals.)
What kind of weather do cirrus clouds bring?
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4. stormy weather, thunderstorms, and sometimes tornadoes
cumulus clouds
rainy weather ahead.
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cumulonimbus
stormy weather, thunderstorms, and sometimes tornadoes
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stratus clouds
fair weather
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cirrus clouds
changing weather (they appear in nice weather, but
mean the weather will change soon.)
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5. Which instrument measures the moisture in the air?
What kind of weather do stratus clouds bring?
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Which instrument measures air pressure?
Which instrument measures precipitation?
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What would likely happen if the Earth moved farther away from the sun?
Which instrument measures wind speed?
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Which instrument measures wind direction?
What makes Earth different from the other planets?
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6. The weather would get colder.
hygrometer
light rain
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barometer
rain gauge
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anemometer
The weather would get colder.
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wind vane OR windsock
It has a breathable atmosphere and it has the most liquid water.
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7. How long does it take for the Earth to complete one rotation?
Describe a picture that would show that the Earth revolves around the sun as the moon revolves around the Earth.
Which ancient astronomers correctly believed that the sun was the center of the solar system?
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Which ancient astronomers wrongly believed that the Earth was the center of the solar system?
How long does it take for the Earth to complete one rotation?
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How long does it take for the Earth to complete one revolution?
What causes seasons?
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What is a natural or man-made object that orbits another in space?
What causes day/night?
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8. Day and night are caused by the Earth’s rotation.
Copernicus
AND
Galileo
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Aristotle
AND
Ptolemy
24 hours OR
1 day
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Seasons are caused by the Earth tilting on its axis as it revolves around the sun.
365 days OR
1 year
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satellite
Day and night are caused by the Earth’s rotation.
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9. Name the pictured moon phase. Tell
what phase comes before and after it.
Name the pictured moon phase. Tell
what phase comes before and after it.
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Name the pictured moon phase. Tell
what phase comes before and after it.
Name the pictured moon phase. Tell
what phase comes before and after it.
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Name the pictured moon phase. Tell
what phase comes before and after it.
Name the pictured moon phase. Tell
what phase comes before and after it.
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Name the pictured moon phase. Tell
what phase comes before and after it.
Name the pictured moon phase. Tell
what phase comes before and after it.
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10. Pictured: first quarter
Pictured: new moon
Phase Before: waning crescent
Phase After: waxing crescent
Pictured: first quarter
Phase Before: waxing crescent
Phase After: waxing gibbous
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Pictured: full moon
Phase Before: waxing gibbous
Phase After: waning gibbous
Pictured: last quarter
Phase Before: waning gibbous
Phase After: waning crescent
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Pictured: waxing gibbous
Phase Before: first quarter
Phase After: full moon
Pictured: waning gibbous
Phase Before: full moon
Phase After: last quarter
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Pictured: waxing crescent
Phase Before: new moon
Phase After: first quarter
Pictured: waning crescent
Phase Before: last quarter
Phase After: new moon
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11. How long does it normally take the moon to revolve around the Earth?
Describe the sun.
How long does it normally take the moon to revolve around the Earth?
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Describe Earth.
Describe OUR moon (the one that revolves around Earth).
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What missions added greatly to our understanding of the moon?.
Earth is a _______ _______ planet with a surface that is _________ changing.
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Which numbered characteristics best describe our sun?
Describe a contribution of the NASA Apollo missions to our understanding of the moon.
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12. Geologically active; constantly
Average-sized yellow star; made of gas; about 110 times the diameter of Earth; about 4.6 billion years old
About one month
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Small, rocky satellite; ¼ diameter of Earth; 1/8 the mass of Earth; extremes of temperature; virtually no atmosphere or life; very little water
1 of 8 planets that revolve around the sun; third planet from the sun; 1 of 4 terrestrial inner planets; about 150 million kilometers from the sun
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Geologically active; constantly
NASA Apollo missions
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The missions allowed scientists to acquire rock samples that then led to theories on how the moon was formed.
3, 5, 9
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