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5th grade Unit 2 Social Science

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  • What are the types of warm zones?
    equatorial, tropical, and dessert
  • What instrument do we use to measure humidity?
    We use a hygrometer.
  • In which zone is it winter for almost the whole year?
    In cold zones
  • What is a characterstic of warm zones?
    high temperatures from 18 degrees
  • Which zone has extreme weather conditions with different seasons?
    The temperate zone
  • What do we call the amount of water that falls to Earth?
    precipitation
  • What is humidity?
    It is the amount of water vapour in the atmosphere.
  • What is atmospheric pressure?
    It is the weight of the air on the Earth´s surface.
  • Where is the cold zone located?
    In the polar circle and high mountain ranges.
  • What is atmospheric pressure?
    It is the weight of the air on the Earth´s surface.
  • What do we use to measure precipitation?
    We use a pluviometer, or a rain gauge.
  • What is wind?
    It is the flow of air in the atmosphere.
  • What instrument do we use to measure wind?
    We use an anemometer.
  • What is altitude?
    It is the height above sea level.
  • What is latitude?
    It is the distance from the Equator.
  • Why is it hotter when we are near the Equator?
    Because the Sun´s rays hit the Earth more directly.
  • How much does the temperature drop with every 150 meters we go up?
    It drops 1 degree with every 150 meters.
  • Which zone is located between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer?
    The warm zone
  • The higher we go up, is it hotter or colder?
    It is colder.
  • What are the types of cold zones?
    polar and high mountain
  • What is temperature?
    It is the amount of thermal energy.
  • Which zone is located between the tropic and the Artic Circle or the Antartic Circle?
    Temperate zone
  • What is another name for a pluviometer?
    a rain gauge
  • What instrument do we use to measure atmospheric pressure?
    We use a barometer.
  • What instrument do we use to find the direction of the wind?
    We use a weather vane.
  • What instrument do we use to measure temperature?
    We use a thermometer.
  • In which zone is Spain located?
    In a temperate zone
  • What are the types of temperate zones?
    Mediterranean, oceanic, continental, and temperate desert
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