Which of the following is an example of how the atmosphere could harm life on Earth? Choose the best answer.

What does the rising of hot air and sinking of cold air create?

Which two gases are most abundant in our atmosphere?

Which layer of the atmosphere contains our ozone layer?

Wind moves from areas of high to low pressure. True or false?

What is responsible for the creation of all wind? Other than God.

Which best describes where I would be If I can breathe easily.

Which layer of the atmosphere is furthest from the earth's surface?

Which layer of the atmosphere is closest to earth?

Besides energy from the sun, what force helps move water molecules through the water cycle?

What must happen for precipitation to fall as snow versus rain?

Which of the following is a form of precipitation? mark all that apply.

Which of the following best describes condensation? Mark all that apply

Humidity is a measure of ice in the clouds? True or false?

Dew point must be below freezing to form water droplets on a car or the grass. true or false?

Which of the following is an example of how water leaves the atmosphere? Mark all that apply

What type of energy drives evaporation? Choose the best answer.

What type of tool would a meteorologist use to measure snowfall in a given area?

Which of these is the smallest?

What is a major cause for moving air masses in North America? Choose the best answer.

Arizona often has hot, dry weather. What kind of air mass would most likely bring this sort of weather?

Changeable weather occurs on these. Choose the best answer.

In which direction do air masses move because of jetstream?

What type of air mass fits this description: warm and humid?

What type of front would lead to a drastic change in weather such as a: thunderstorm or tornado?

What type of front would occur when an air mass that is warmer, rises above an existing cold air mass?

Which of these has warm air in the center with cold air rushing in? It moves in a counter clockwise direction.

A cold air mass that formed over the middle of Canada is known as what?

Which of these best describes the difference between a front and an air mass. (one answer is best)

Knowing that a meteorologist is a scientist whose job requires special training, what are two important job duties of a meteorologist are. Choose the two that apply.

Which of the following is not a weather tool?

How does the Gulf Stream affect the air masses above the ocean water?

Which of the following is responsible for showing areas with similar air pressure?

Which of the following is responsible for showing areas with similar air temperature?

Which of the following is an example of a global weather pattern?

What symbol would you use to show a cold front?

If I were a meteorologist and I wanted to study how air pressure changes as you go up in the atmosphere. Which one of the following tools might I use to help?

Which of the following contributes to the south being as warm as it is?

What does the L on a weather map stand for?

Which of the following is not a severe storm?

Which of the following contributes to areas like Cleveland, Milwaukee and Detroit getting more snow than other Northern cities.

In which two seasons do thunderstorms typically occur?

Which of the following is not another name for a hurricane?

What is one distinct difference between a tornado and hurricane?

At what speed does a cyclone become a hurricane?

What are two things scientists create to help prevent flooding in large cities?

Which type of severe storm leads to extreme winds

Which severe storm is associated with heavy rain, flooding, and wind?

Which best describes why we hear thunder?

What type of climate is Arizona?

Which of the following best describes why Charlotte, NC is hot?

Denver, Colorado is referred to as the mile high city. This is likely cold due to it's _______________

What object is in the center of the heliocentric model?

Oliver looks up at the sky everyday over Christmas break. What direction would the stars appear to move?

At a school trip to the observatory, Alex looked through a telescope and observed an object that looked like a white ball with a long tail approaching the sun. What object did he see?

The sun is a ________ that has eight planets orbiting around it. Several planets have one or more moons that orbit around them. A body that orbits a planet is called a ________________?

Constellations are the name for the pattern or group of stars that people imagined looked like figures, objects, or animals. How many are there?

Stars are primarily composed of burning hydrogen and __?

True or false? Everything in our universe orbits something, even our stars.

Which of the following is not part of the defining qualities that makes a planet a planet?

The seasonal changes that make some constellations visible /invisible are because of Earths ___ in relation to the sun.

In 1610, a famous scientist named __ discovered moons orbiting Jupiter. This helped him prove Earth was not the center of the solar system. The moons revolved around Jupiter, not Earth.

Why is significant about June 21st in the northern hemisphere?

In what region would you see a really wide range of temps from season to season? i.e. Really cold winters and hot summers.

What is the shortest day in the northern hemisphere?

Which of the following best describes the law of universal gravitation? Choose the best answer

All objects in space remain in orbit because of gravity and ___? Choose the best answer.

When is Earth closest to the sun?

What is unique about an equinox?

In what direction does Earth rotate and orbit?

As an object gets further away from Earth, what happens to the force of gravity?

How long does it take Earth to revolve around the sun?

What is the name of the satellite that was launched in 1957, that caused the U.S. to create NASA?

In 1986, a famous space shuttle exploded on national television, killing 7 people. What was the name of that shuttle?

True or false? The U.S was first to put a man into outer space.

What was the name of the program that sent men to the moon?

NASA's first astronauts were called what?

Karen notices that the moon changes shape slightly each night. What do we call these different shapes?

On August 21, 2017, Elizabeth saw a total eclipse of the sun with her class. When the moon blocks the sun's light, it is called a ______________ eclipse.

The ocean water rises and falls over the course of approximately every 12.5 hours. What term describes the periodic rise and fall of the ocean water?

How long does it take the moon to rotate on it's axis?

Which of the following best describes why we only ever see one half of the moon?

What do you call the moon phase directly after a New moon?

After a full Moon, the light begins to lessen. What do you call the Moon phase directly after a full Moon?

What do we call the darkest part of a shadow? This is important because it is what helps create the Moon phases we see, as well as eclipses.

Which of the following is not true about astronomical units?

Which is not true of planets?

What is the name for the pattern or group of stars that people imagined looked like figures, objects, or animals?

Ancient astronomers believed that the universe revolved around Earth. To them, it seemed as if Earth stood still and the sun, planets, and stars rotated around our planet.

This model of the solar system is known as the geocentric model. What does geocentric mean?

What object is in the center of the heliocentric model?

The Earth takes 365 days to go around the sun, this is known as what?

The imaginary line that runs through Earth's poles is know as what?

The two times a year in which there is 12 hours of day, and 12 hours of night are known as what? Choose both.

The two times a year in which the day is longest in one hemisphere, and shortest in the other.

If I have two objects and start to move them father and farther away from each other. What happens to their gravitational pull?

Karina is conducting an experiment based on Isaac Newton's law of universal gravitation. She is testing the strength of the force of gravity between two objects. What factors determine the strength of the force of gravity? Choose the two that apply.

Which of the following best describes why July is warmer than December in the northern hemisphere?

Rachel reads about how astronauts appear to be weightless in space. She wonders how Earth stays in orbit around the sun when astronauts float while in orbit around Earth. She remembers that there is a force that keeps Earth in orbit around the sun. This force is the same force that keeps astronauts in orbit around the Earth. It also helps to explain why they appear to be weightless. What is this force?

Karen is creating a presentation about the moon. Every night for a month, Karen observes the moon and records what it looks like.

Karen notices that the moon changes shape slightlyeach night, and by the end of the month she has recorded a variety of shapes. What are the different shapes of the moon called?

On August 21, 2017, Elizabeth saw a total eclipse of the sun with her class. She learned that there are two types of eclipses. The types of eclipses depend on the line between the sun, moon, and Earth. When the moon passes directly between the sun and Earth and blocks the sun's light, it is called a ______________ eclipse.

When Earth is directly between the moon and sun, and casts a shadow on the moon, it is called a ___________ eclipse.

Ethan often goes fishing with his uncle, and they use the rise and fall of the ocean water to determine when they will go. The ocean water rises and falls over the course of approximately every 12 hours. What term describes the rise and fall of the ocean water?

Tony waits for the spring tide to bring the best surfing waves in his area. He knows that the moon affects the tides. Specifically the neap tides. These occur during which two moon phases?

When does the neap tide occur?

Which of the following best describes the umbra in an eclipse?

What characteristic do all the inner planets have in common?

The eight planets in our solar system are grouped into inner and outer planets according to their distances from the sun. They also have shared characteristics. For example, the outer planets are larger than the inner planets. Based on the characteristics below, what planet is being described?

8th planet from the sun. It is our coldest planet, and is covered in ice.

The eight planets in our solar system are grouped into inner and outer planets according to their distances from the sun. They also have shared characteristics. For example, the outer planets are larger than the inner planets. Based on the characteristics below, what planet is being described?

4th planet from the sun, and it is red.

What is the biggest issue a christian would have with the big bang theory?

Probes are responsible for gathering information from areas too far away to send man. Which of the following would be a feature a probe has?

Which of the following is a type of radiation that travels faster than visible light

NASA has launched many space explorations and space telescopes. The Hubble Space telescope was one of the biggest things to help with that. What year was it built?

Different types of telescopes detect different types of electromagnetic radiation. Which of these is not a type of electromagnetic radiation?

All of the possible electromagnetic energy has a range of power. Radio waves are on one end, and Gamma are on the other. What do we call this range that includes all EM waves?

Clara is volunteering at NASA where scientists use telescopes to learn more about our universe. Scientists use tools that look at different types of electromagnetic radiation. The tools are used to form images of objects in space out of the radiation.

The type of electromagnetic radiation we can see is called what?

The eight planets in our solar system are grouped into inner and outer planets according to their distances from the sun. They also have shared characteristics. For example, the outer planets are larger than the inner planets. Based on the characteristics below, what planet is being described?

5th planet from the sun, and it has a large spot on it.

Marcus attends a night program at an observatory to learn more about the solar system. He learns that the solar system contains many objects in addition to the planets and the sun. Which of the following objects burn as they enter Earth's atmosphere?

What type of climate is Arizona?

Miami, FL is known for being humid. Why is this?

Which of the following is the biggest difference between weather and climate?

Which of the following is the biggest reason the equator is so warm?

What symbol is used to represent a cold front?

What symbol is used to represent a warm front?

Which of the following is the phrase used to describe the first four planets in our solar system?

Javier lives along the eastern coast of South Carolina, where his town receives sea breezes during the day. He knows what causes the local winds, but he decides to investigate global winds. What is the cause of global winds?

Lia lives in the mountains of Colorado. Her aunt came to visit and had difficulty breathing for a few days until she adjusted to the higher altitude. Which explanation best describes the reason for this difficulty?

Colin knows that the water cycle follows certain steps in a repeating cycle. When the sun heats water molecules, they increase speed and collide. On Sunday he noticed that a puddle on the sidewalk was getting smaller over time. Which step in the water cycle would Colin predict is occurring?

Keli learned that an air mass is a very large body of air with similar temperatures, humidity, and pressure, and that air masses are constantly in motion. She knows the air masses change, depending on the temperature and moisture content of the region where they form. She looked up more information about what makes them move. What are the major causes for moving air masses in North America? Choose the two that apply.

Arizona often has hot, dry weather. Casey wonders what would cause weather like this and looks up the different kinds of air masses. What kind of air mass would most likely bring this sort of weather?

Which of the following is not one of the four things that affect climate?

There are three basic temperature zones for Earth. Two sit on the top and bottom, two sit on both sides of the equator, and one sits on the equator. What is the name of the temperature zone that sits on both sides of the equator?

Which best describes how air masses move?

How would you describe North Carolina's climate?

How would you describe the climate of the Australian outback?

Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?

Which of the following would cause an immediate change in the climate of an area?

Why are the melting polar ice caps so significant?

What would a thin ring on a tree stump typically mean?

Nick lives in Houston, Texas, in the southern part of the United States. The usual amount of rainfall is 50 inches per year, with an average of 106 days of rain. While winter temperatures are in the mid-40sindegrees Fahrenheit, summer temperatures are generally in the 90s in degrees Fahrenheit. What do these statistics describe?

Lily has a greenhouse in her back yard. She plans to grow tomato plants in the greenhouse in early spring. The greenhouse effect in Earth's atmosphere works much like a greenhouse that houses plants. What is the difference between the air inside and the air outside of a greenhouse, and why?

What kind of climate do you think Russia has?