Abeka 5th grade Science Test 8 L115

The earth's surface spins at over ___________ miles per hour.

• 1,000,000

• 1,000,000,000

• 1,000

• 100

What is the imaginary line running through the earth from North Pole to South Pole called?

• Greenwich

• meridian

• altitude

• equator

The air that we live in receives most of its warmth from the ________.

• sun

• water

• wind

• ground

Warm air is ______ than cold air.

• greener

• heavier

• lighter

• smellier

What is the basic cause of all weather?

• volcanoes

• moon

• sun

• wind

What are the scientists that study the weather called?

• anthropologists

• meteorologists

• ophamologists

• weather vanes

What are different seasons caused by?

• the amount of rain

• mother nature

• tilt of the earth's axis

• rotation of terrain

What are produced by temperature differences on the earth?

• culumus clouds

• cirrus clouds

• stratus clouds

• winds

What is water vapor that condenses to form frozen water on the ground called?

• hail

• dew

• frost

• sleet

What is water vapor that condenses to form liquid water on the ground called?

• frost

• dew

• hail

• wind