Science Unit 5: Earth's Systems and Patterns

a form that matter can take-solid, liquid or gas

• climate

• states of matter

• condensation

• weather

general weather of an area over a long period of time

• climate

• states of matter

• condensation

• weather

the state that the outdoors is in, like how windy it is, how hot or cold it is, or if it is raining or snowing

• climate

• states of matter

• condensation

• weather

water vapor in the atmosphere condenses into tiny water droplets to form clouds

• climate

• states of matter

• condensation

• weather

the distance north or south of the equator

• humidity

• elevation

• temperature

• latitude

water vapor in the air

• humidity

• elevation

• temperature

• latitude

height above sea level

• humidity

• elevation

• temperature

• latitude

a measure of how hot or cold a substance is

• humidity

• elevation

• temperature

• latitude

If Bob puts a bucket of water out in the sun on a hot, windy day, what will happen to the water level in the bucket?

• The water level will go down as the water evaporates from the bucket.

• The water level will rise as water condenses from the air above the bucket.

• The water level will stay the same since the water is protected from the wind.

• The water level will only go down if the wind makes the water splash out of the bucket.

Lily put some ice in a cup and poured some cold tea over the ice. He set the filled cup on the kitchen table. In a few minutes he noticed that there were drops of water all over the outside of the cup. Where did the drops of water most likely come from?

• They evaporated out of the air above the cold liquid.

• They condensed out of the air surrounding the cold cup.

• They dripped off the ice cubes as he put them into the cup.

• They came off his hands after holding the melting ice cubes.