A huge electric spark occuring inside a cloud

A violent rotating column of air touching both earth & cloud

Loud sonic boom created by lightning taveling through air

A piece of ice that orbits the sun.

Why do we hear thunder from distant lightning several seconds after we see the lightning bolt?

sound travels much slower then light.

a large piece of debris in the solar system

a piece of debris that has entered earths atmosphere

Describe the solar system.

The sun, and eight major planets

a large tropical storm forming over open ocean

What are clouds, how do they form?

Clouds are made from water vapor and pieces of ice.

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Mstep Earth Science

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1
What is lightning?
A meteor entering earths atmosphere
A huge electric spark occuring inside a cloud
A bright light in the sky
2
What is a tornado?
A violent rotating column of air touching both earth & cloud
A type of vegetable
A bad thunderstorm
3
What causes thunder?
Thunder is just a part of a storm
A tree falling during a storm
Loud sonic boom created by lightning taveling through air
A meteor entering earths atmosphere
4
What is a comet?
A new planet in our solar system
Something you use when you clean the house.
A piece of debris falling to earth.
A piece of ice that orbits the sun.
5
Why do we hear thunder from distant lightning several seconds after we see the lightning bolt?
sound travels way faster then light
Thunder doesn't make a sound
sound travels much slower then light.
Thunder and Lightning are seperate things
6
What is a Meteoroid?
a large piece of debris in the solar system
a star
remains of debris found on earth
a piece of debris after it enters eaths atmosphere
7
Our solar system contains 8 major planets, all of these are planets in our solar system except
Neptune
Saturn
Pluto
Venus
8
What is a meteor?
a piece of debris found on earth
a large piece of debris hurtling through the solar system
a piece of debris that has entered earths atmosphere
a star
9
What does the Milky Way galaxy look like from far away?
A candy bar
The Sun
A flat, disk shaped galaxy
A square
10
What galaxy is our solar system a part of?
Snickers
The sun
Mars
Milky Way
11
Describe the solar system.
meteoroids, asteroids, comets
earth, moon, stars
The sun, and eight major planets
my house, my city, my state
12
What is a hurricane?
A sports team
Its like a tornado
a large tropical storm forming over open ocean
Thunder and lightning
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What are clouds, how do they form?
Rain and snow
Big puffy cotton balls
Exhaust from air planes
Clouds are made from water vapor and pieces of ice.

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