10 week test

Question 1

observation

Answer 1

description using your senses

Question 2

percent error

Answer 2

a measurment of how wrong an answer is

Question 2

inference

Answer 2

conclusion based upon observations

Question 3

percent error formula

Answer 3

difference
————— x 100%
actual value

Question 4

length

Answer 4

meter

Question 5

volume

Answer 5

liter

Question 6

mass

Answer 6

gram

Question 7

1000x

Answer 7

kilo

Question 8

100x

Answer 8

hecto

Question 9

10x

Answer 9

deka

Question 10

0.01

Answer 10

centi

Question 11

0.1

Answer 11

deci

Question 12

0.001

Answer 12

milli

Question 13

earth to moon

Answer 13

239,000 miles

Question 14

earth to sun

Answer 14

93,000,000 miles

Question 15

coldest temperature

Answer 15

0.0000002 degrees celcius

Question 15

avagadros number

Answer 15

6.0200000000000000000000 molecules

Question 16

scientific notation

Answer 16

a system for writing large or small numbers accuratley

Question 17

weight is a measure of

Answer 17

the pull of gravity on an object weight will change when gravity is different

Question 18

your mass on the moon is

Answer 18

1/6 as much as on earth because gravity is 1/6 on the moon

Question 18

your weight in outer space is 0 llbs because

Answer 18

there is no gravity in outerspace

Question 19

you weigh less in the mountains because

Answer 19

gravtiy is weaker at high altitude

Question 19

temperature

Answer 19

a measurment of the average kinetic energy of molecules

Question 20

mass is a measure of

Answer 20

the amount of matter in an object the amount of matter is the same on the moon or on the mountains
mass is the same anywhere

Question 20

we measure mass because

Answer 20

it does not change

Question 20

temperature is not

Answer 20

how hot or cold something is

Question 21

water freezes

Answer 21

32 degrees fareinheight 0 degrees celcius 273 degrees kelvin

Question 21

absoulute zero

Answer 21

-459 degrees fareinheight -273 degrees celcius 0 degrees kelvin molecular movement stops

Question 21

density

Answer 21

a measure of the packing of molecules

Question 22

slowly moving molecules

Answer 22

cold

Question 22

fastly moving molecules

Answer 22

hot

Question 23

the two ways to change density

Answer 23

temperature and pressure

Question 24

density is a derived measurment because

Answer 24

its a combination of measurements

Question 25

different densities

Answer 25

dont mix

Question 26

storms typically move across the us to the northeast because

Answer 26

we are in the southwest windbelt

Question 27

dewpoint

Answer 27

temperature at wich air is saturated

Question 27

warm air holds

Answer 27

more water vapor

Question 28

cold air is

Answer 28

dry air

Question 29

relative humidity

Answer 29

percentage of saturation

Question 30

evaporation

Answer 30

a cooling process

Question 31

sling physcrometer - dry bulb

Answer 31

air temperature

Question 31

wet bulb

Answer 31

usually lower because of evaporation

Question 32

lower air pressure at

Answer 32

higher altitude

Question 33

wind is caused by

Answer 33

a difference in air pressure

Question 34

cyclones

Answer 34

COUNTER CLOCKWISE AND TOWARDS CENTER low pressure system

Question 35

anticyclone

Answer 35

CLOCKWISE AND AWAY FROM CENTER high pressure system

Question 36

coriolis effect

Answer 36

because of earths rotation winds bend to the RIGHT in the northern hemisphere and to the LEFT in the southern hemisphere

Question 37

air mass

Answer 37

large body of air with generally the same humidity and temperature

Question 38

front

Answer 38

boundary between different air masses different densities dont mix

Question 39

warm front

Answer 39

any time of year moves slowly precipitation is light and long lasting after front passes temperature increases

Question 40

warm front

Answer 40

any time of the year moves slowly precipitation is light and long lastinf after front passes temp increases

Question 41

warm front

Answer 41

half circles

Question 42

cold front

Answer 42

triangles

Question 43

stationary

Answer 43

circles on one side triangles on the other

Question 44

ocluded

Answer 44

circles and triangles on the same side

Question 45

temperature

Answer 45

thermometer

Question 46

air pressure

Answer 46

barometers

Question 47

wind speed

Answer 47

anemometer

Question 48

dewpoint/ relative humidity

Answer 48

sling physcrometer

Question 49

wind direction

Answer 49

weather vane

Question 50

snowfall

Answer 50

ruler

Question 51

rainfall

Answer 51

rain gauge