Download Bill Nye Wind Worksheet

Bill Nye Wind Worksheet
Name: ____KEY__________________________ Date: ___________ Core: ________ Page ______
1. Wind is caused by the heat of the sun and the rotation of the Earth.
2. The balloon swelled because warm air takes up more space and shrinks because cold air takes up
(more or less)
less space.
(more or less)
3) Warm air rises from the toaster.
4) Cold air sinks as seen with the opening of the freezer door.
5) What causes the weather? Heating and cooling of the earth
6) What does hail start out as? __liquid rain drops______________
7) The Largest hail stone was __760__grams and __44___centimeters around.
8) Why do stars not twinkle much in the winter? Turbulence in the atmosphere cause the light from stars
to ‘bend’ and make the stars seem to twinkle. When it is really cold, air doesn’t rise as much, so the stars
seem to twinkle less.
9) A barometer is used to measure ____Pressure___ in the atmosphere.
10. The root baro means __weight___.
11. A high barometric pressure the weather is __sunny__.
12. A low barometric pressure means the weather is __stormy___.
13. Westerly winds – the wind moves __west___ to ___east_.
14. Air _rises____at the equator and __sinks _at the poles.
15. What other planets in our solar system have wind?
_Jupiter, _Mars, Venus
16. What does erode mean? __wear away__
17. At a wind farm they harvest _wind energy___.
18. No wind = no changes_ in weather such as in caves.