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______ of the earth is covered by oceans, lakes, and rivers. |
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anything that takes up space and has weight |
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smallest piece of a substance that still has all the qualities of that substance |
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When two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen join together, they make a molecule of _____. |
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-"curly" -thin and featherlike -high in the sky/made entirely of ice crystals and air -appear in dry weather -often mean a storm is coming
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-large, puffy clouds -ween on hot summer days -flat bottoms and high domed tops like cauliflower -bright white -appear during fair weather -sometimes become thick, heavy, and dark/called "thunderheads" because of heavy rain, thunder, and lightning |
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-thick layers of clouds like a blanket -flat and often gray -frequently bing drizzling rain or fine snow -fairly low -"FOG"=this type of cloud and it is very close to the earth's surface |
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Water is a gas, when it is ______. |
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Hot water vapor is often called _____. |
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-definite shape and take up a certain amount of space -molecules are packed very close together -molecules do not vibrate quickly |
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____ means to move back and forth. |
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-has no shape of its own, but takes the shape of any container it is put into -molecules are a little further apart and vibrate a little faster |
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-have no shape -does not fill up a certain amount of space -molecules are far apart and are the fastest moving molecules |
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Beccause water has such a high degree of _______, objects which are heavier than water will float on the surface unless the surface film of the water is broken. |
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When solids are ____, the molecules begin to move more rapidly. |
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The temperature at which a solid changes to a liquid is its _____. |
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The melting point of water is _____. |
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The temperature at which a liquid changes to a gas is its _____. |
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The boiling point of water is _____. |
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Most substances _____ when they are heated. |
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Most substances _____ when they become colder. |
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_____expands when it gets colder. It does not do what most substance do. It expands at 39 degrees F. |
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Because water expands when it reaches the freezing point, why is this good? |
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_____ is the ability to do work. |
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_____ is done when an object is moved. |
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_____ is a push or a pull on an object. |
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_____ is the force which draws things down toward the center of the earth. |
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exert more force than gravity on that object |
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In order for you to lift something, you must do what? |
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energy that is found in an object, but that object is not moving/like a rubberband just sitting on the table |
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stored energy in an object that is moving/ like the rubberband when you pull it back and release it!! |
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_____ supplies energy to water and the _____ that is formed if full of energy. |
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_____is a mixture of colorless, odorless, tasteless gases. You cannot see, smell, taste, or pick up a piece of it, but it is there! |
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The air surrounding the earth is called the _____. |
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People and animals need _____ to breathe and to create energy. |
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_____ makes up most of the air. |
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_____ is needed by plants! |
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The atmosphere goes up to about _____ above the earth. |
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_____ holds the atmoshphere in its place and keeps air from floating off into outer space. |
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Since air has weight and takes up space, air is _____. |
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Because air has weight, it creates _____. |
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true or false- Solids and liquids exert pressure? |
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close to the surface of the earth/decreases |
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The weight of all the air in the atmoshpere ecreates pressure as it presses down. Air pressure is greatest ___________. As you go up higher into the atmosphere, air pressure gradually _____. |
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because air is exerting upon you the same amount of pressure on all sides |
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Why do we not feel the pressure caused by gravity? |
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The sun heats the earth and water directly, but it warms the air very little. |
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The sun warms the air very little because the air is _____. |
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-you can see through something |
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Why is the surface of the earth not heated evenly by the sun? |
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Warm air _____ because it is less dense. |
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Because air does _____, winds flow around the earth and help to even out the earth's_____. |
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water moves from the earth to the air and back again, it changes from a liquid to a solid or a gas. This process is called the _____. |
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The amount of water vapor,or _____, in the air is changeable. |
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Warm air is able to hold more water vapor than cool air. True or False? |
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The process by which liquid water becomes water vapor is called _____. |
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Because cool air cannot hold as much water vapor as warm air, the water vapor begins to turn back into very tiny droplets of liquid water. This process is called _____. |
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The temperature at which water condenses is called the ______. |
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Any form of water which falls from the clouds to the earth is called _____. |
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Since ____ does not fall from the clouds in the sky, it is not a form of precipitation. |
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The tiny crystals of ice which are formed by frozen water vapor are known as ______. |
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When falling rain or melted snow passes through a layer of very cold air, it freezes into little, hard, solid balls of ice called _____. |
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It sleets only during the winter. |
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The water droplets evaporate, and the vapor freezes into tiny crystals of ice. As more vapor continues to freeze, the ice crystals join together. This forms _________. |
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_____begins as raindrops that pass through a very cold layer of air and freeze. Instead of falling to the ground, the ice drops are tossed back up into the cloud by a blast of air. |
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-"rain' or "storm" -It is term used to describe a cloud from which rain is falling. |
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-a large body of air which has the same temperature and humidity. |
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Most air masses in the United States and in southern Canada move from ______. |
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