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Weather
Weather Fronts
Changes in Earth & Sky
Moon Phases
Minerals
Jeopardy Game
Weather
Weather
Fronts
Changes
in Earth &
Sky
Moon
Phases
Minerals
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A wind vane.
What tool is used to show
wind direction?
Column 1, #1
Moisture that falls from the
clouds to the ground.
What is precipitation?
Column 1, #2
rain, sleet, snow, hail
What are the different forms
of precipitation?
Column 1, #3
It is used to measure the
amount of rain that has fallen.
It is used to measure the amount of rain that has fallen.
What is a rain gauge?
Column 1, #4
Air pressure changes when air
changes temperature – hot air
rises & cold air sinks. This causes
a change in air pressure which
also creates wind.
How is wind created and what
does it have to do with air
pressure?
Column 1, #5
It forms a front.
What happens when cold
air meets warm air?
Column 2, #1
Warm front and cold front
What are the two main weather
fronts called?
Column 2, #2
A warm air mass slides
slowly over the top of
a cold air mass. It
produces light rain or
snow for a few days.
What happens in a warm front
and what could it produce?
Column 2, #3
A cold air mass pushes
into a warm air mass,
pushing it up quickly. It
produces heavy rain,
thunderstorms, or a
snow storm.
What happens in a cold front
and what could it produce?
Column 2, #4
Newspapers, radio, TV, books, and
the computer.
Where can you get
information about weather?
List at least 4 sources.
Column 2, #5
The earth contains air & water, it
can support life. It has 1 moon.
The Sun is a ball of gas.
We identify objects in the sky by
their properties, location, and real
or apparent movement. What are
some of the properties used to
describe objects such as the earth
and the sun?
Column 3, #1
The earth is the 4th planet from
the sun.
The Sun is in the center of the
solar system.
How would you describe the
location of the earth and the
sun in the Solar System?
Column 3, #2
The earth rotates on its axis every 24
hours and it takes the earth 365 ¼ days
to revolve around the Sun. Its orbit is
an elliptical path around the sun.
The Sun does not move at all – it is
stationary.
What the real or apparent
movement of the earth and the
sun in the Solar System?
Column 3, #3
Different parts of the planet get
different amounts of sunlight,
causing the seasons to change
The earth revolves around a
tilted axis.
What effect does this have on
the earth?
Column 3, #4
Cooler weather because it is tilted
away from the Sun.
What kind of weather does the
southern hemisphere enjoy when
the northern hemisphere is tilted
towards the sun?
Column 3, #5
A new moon
What do you call the moon that
you cannot see because it is
in between the earth and the
sun?
Column 4, #1
A banana!
What does a new crescent
moon look like?
Column 4, #2
Gibbous
What do you call the moon
when it is 3/4ths full – in
between the quarter moons
and full moon?
Column 4, #3
Quarter moon
What moon looks like a half circle?
Column 4, #4
New moon; new crescent;
1st quarter; new Gibbous;
full moon; old Gibbous;
3rd quarter; old crescent.
List the 8 phases of the moon
starting with new moon.
Column 4, #5
A mineral is a nonliving solid
matter from the earth. Its
physical properties are: luster,
hardness, and color.
What is a mineral and what
physical properties are used
to describe it?
Column 5, #1
The way the something reflects
light, such as shiny and dull.
Define luster.
Column 5, #2
The Mohs scale is used to measure
hardness.
The diamond is the hardest
mineral.
How is the hardness of a
mineral measured?
What is the hardest mineral?
Column 5, #3
Gold, diamonds, rubies, other
gems and metals.
No rocks are made up of a
number of minerals, not just 1.
Name some minerals.
Are rocks considered
minerals?
Column 5, #4
Its capacity to retain water and
its ability to support plant
growth
Soil has 2 properties that
rocks do not.
What are they?
Column 5, #5
Bonus Question 1
Bonus Question 2