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WorksheetsUNIT 4 VOCAB SCIENCE 5TH GRADE
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
The farthest layer of atmosphere from Earth's surface
Thermosphere
Mesosphere
Altitude
Exosphere
The layer of atmosphere right below the top layer whose prefix means temperature
Stationary Front
Buoyant
Thermosphere
Sleet
The layer of atmosphere that is in the middle
Water Table
Mesosphere
Clouds
Hydrosphere
An airmass that forms over land
Continental
Runoff
Sleet
El nino
An air mass that forms over water
Water Table
Aquifer
Maritime
Global warming
As you go higher into the atmosphere it is thinner
Clouds
Buoyant
Stationary front
Altitude
A front that stays in the same place for a few days
Exosphere
Stationary front
Reservoir
Dew
Current that occurs in the eastern Pacific Ocean near the equator: The ocean currents change/shift their usual pattern.
Sleet
El Nino
Fog
Deposition
An increase in the world average temperature because of the use of fossil fuels.
Dew
Buoyant
Global Warming
Clouds
An increase in CO2 that leads to Global Warming
Salinity
El Nino
Aquifer
Greenhouse Effect
A mid latitude global wind that blows mostly in one direction
Buoyant
Prevailing Winds
Altitude
Maritime
All the waters of Earth's surface
Exosphere
Hydrosphere
Aquifer
Precipitation
The layer of rock and soil that groundwater flows through
Water Table
Continental
Run-off
Aquifer
The top level of groundwater in aquifer. We get our water supply from groundwater
Sublimation
Water Table
Sleet
Reservoir
When a substance floats on top of another substance (oil on top of water)
Buoyant
Continental
Salinity
Dew
Ice (a solid) changing directly into water vapor (a gas) is the process
Stationary Front
Fog
Sublimation
Runoff
Water vapor or ice crystals that join together and condense (condensation)
Clouds
Altitude
Sleet
Reservoir
The measure of how salty water is
Hydrosphere
El Nino
Salinity
Greenhouse Effect
Frozen drops of rain
Continental
Sleet
Global warming
Mesosphere
An artificial lake that forms behind a dam
Buoyant
Pollutants
Reservoir
Maritime
Any form of water that falls from the clouds
Precipitation
Global Warming
Sleet
Salinity
Liquid water on the grass formed from condensation fog
Deposition
Altitude
El Nino
Dew
Any form of water that moves downhill
Run-off
Prevailing winds
Exosphere
Maritime
At the end of the water cycle, water goes back (deposits) into the bodies of water
Aquifer
Hydrosphere
Deposition
Buoyant
A cloud at ground level
El Nino
Salinity
Altitude
Fog
A substance that pollutes something, especially water or the atmosphere.
Pollutants
Salinity
Exosphere
Precipitation
