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5th Grade Topic 1 Question / Describe how conduction heats earth surface?

5th Grade Topic 1 Answer / Conduction is when 1 object directly heats another object, as in solar radiation from the sun touching and heating Earth’s surface Return

5th Grade Topic 2 Question If burning fossil fuels releases more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, Will earth become Hotter or Colder? Why

4th Grade Topic 3 Question / The first atmosphere was created by?

5th Grade Topic 2 Answer / Hotter, because of the increase in atmospheric CO2 Return

4th Grade Topic 3 Answer / Volcanoes erupting Return

4th Grade Topic 4 Question / What has caused an increase of 20% in CO2 levels in the last 100 years

4th Grade Topic 4 Answer / Human Industry Return

3rd Grade Topic 5 Question / If a pilot wants to fly a plane to a city south in the northern hemisphere. How should he fly the plane to save gas?

3rd Grade Topic 5 Answer / Because Earth rotates clockwise in the northern hemisphere, the pilot should fly the plane southwest to maximum wind currents reducing fuel Return

3rd Grade Topic 6 Question / What layer of the atmosphere is all of the weather in?

3rd Grade Topic 6 Answer / troposhere

2nd Grade Topic 7 Question / Which wind belt would you use to sail to a long distance?

2nd Grade Topic 7 Answer / trade winds Return

2nd Grade Topic 8 Question / What type of breeze occurs at night? Sea or Land / Explain Why / What type of breeze occurs at night? Sea or Land / Explain Why

2nd Grade Topic 8 Answer / Land Breeze – the land cools down quicker than the water during the night creating a current of air moving from the land to the ocean Return

1st Grade Topic 9 Question / Why is the equator hotter than the poles?

1st Grade Topic 9 Answer / Receives more direct sunlight from the sun in the form of solar radiation Return

1st Grade Topic 10 Question / CFC’s (Chlorofluorocarbons) are the main cause of:

1st Grade Topic 10 Answer / Ozone depletion: holes Return

Million Dollar Question Grade Level Topic 11 Moon

1,000,000 Question / The moon is hot on one side and cold on the other, Explain why?

1,000,000 Answer / The moon lacks an atmosphere and the moon does not rotate. One side always faces the sun while ones side is always dark Return

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