CLOUDS - form when moist air cools and its water vapor condenses on tiny solid particles in the air. KINDS OF CLOUDS 1. STATUS CLOUDS - appears as layers or flat sheets; brings rain or snow. 2. CUMULUS CLOUDS - appears as piled-up masses of white fluffy cotton. 3. CIRRUS CLOUDS - thin hair like clouds found high up in the sky. CLOUDS THAT ARE GROUPED ACCORDING TO ALTITUDE: LOW CLOUDS - STRATUS CLOUDS - STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS MIDDLE CLOUDS - ALTOSTRATUS CLOUDS - ALTOCUMULUS CLOUDS - NIMBOSTRATUS CLOUDS HIGH CLOUDS - CIRRUS CLOUDS - CIRROSTRATUS CLOUDS - CIRROCUMULUS CLOUDS
LESSON 39 EARTH AND HOW IT MOVES
EARTH - one of the planets in the solar system. AXIS - is a straight line about which a body spins or rotates. ROTATION - spinning of earth about its axis WEST TO EAST - Direction of rotation 12 700 - measurement of Earths revolution around the sun ORBIT - Earths path around the Sun REVOLUTION - Earths movement around the sun NATURAL YEAR - 365 DAYS LEAP YEAR - occurs every four years YEAR - the time taken by earth to make one revolution around the sun
LESSON 40 THE MOON AND HOW HOW IT MOVES
SATELLITE - is an object in space that moves around another object. MONTH - the period it takes the moon to complete one revolution NEW MOON - Dark outline of the moon CRESCENT MOON - a thin slice of light at the edge of the moon FIRST QUARTER MOON - half of the lighted side of the moon GIBBOUS MOON - as the first quarter moon increases in size FULL MOON- whole lighted side of the moon LAST QUARTER MOON - about a week after the full moon we again see half of its lighted part WAXING - as the moon moves from new to full WANING - as the full moon moves to new moon PHASES OF MOON - the apparent changes in the shape of the moon LESSON 41 ECLIPSES ECLIPSE - the darkening of a body in space SOLAR ECLIPSE - occurs when the moon blocks the light coming from the sun. TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE - the moon completely blocks the view of the sun PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE - when the moon blocks only a part of the sun LUNAR ECLIPSE - when the moon darkens as it passes through Earths shadow TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE - the entire moon passes through Earths shadow PARTIAL LUNAR ECLIPSE - only a part of the moon passes through Earths shadow