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Study Guide- Water Planet
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Water
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When lemonade glasses are outside and “sweat” and when glasses fog in the bathroom
because water vapor condenses on glasses because they are cooler than the warm air in
the bathroom. This is condensation.
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Syringes collect water, thermometers measure temperature, clocks measure time
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From water vapor to liquid= condense
From water to soild= Freeze
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From liquid to water vapor= Evaporate
From Soild water to liquid= Melt
Evaporation causes water to dry and the water goes into the air
3% of Earth’s water is fresh water
Most of Earth’s water comes from the ocean.
71% of the Earth is covered by water.
A plastic bottle crushes when air is sucked out of it because the pressure inside the
bottle is less than outside the bottle.
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Weather:
Pacific Ocean affect the weather along the West Coast of the U.S. by
1. Creates mild temperatures along the coast
2. Coastal breezes due to uneven heating
3. Source of water for rain and snow
-Weather is the condition of the atmosphere at a given time and place
*Three most important variables to describe weather:
Temperature, moisture, air movement
- Warm air is less dense
-Wind forms from uneven heating which cause convection currents
-Wind often comes from the ocean
Which weather conditions can happen when air masses interact? (circle)
Tornado
precipitation uneven heating
thunderstorms
wind
Name these weather symbols
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Solar System:
Planets in order from shortest year to longest: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto ( My very eager mother just served us nine pizzas)
Earth stays in orbit because of the gravitational attraction between Earth and the Sun.
The center of our solar system is the – SUN
A moon is an example of a satelite