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SCIENCE

LESSON 37 CLOUDS AND WEATHER


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

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