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📌 Visual 1 – Energy flow (Sun → Earth → Weather):
☀️ Sun → 🌍 Earth & atmosphere → 🌤️ Wind, clouds, rain
📌 Visual 2 – Warm and cool air:
📌 Flow: click boxes in the online lesson to learn more.
☀️
Sun
→
🌍
Atmosphere
→
🌤️
Weather
Key idea: Energy from the Sun heats the air and land. Warm air rises; cooler air moves in. That flow of energy and air creates wind, clouds, and rain.
Questions (circle one answer per question)
Use the picture and key idea above to help. Circle one answer for each question.
1
☀️
What is the main source of energy for Earth’s atmosphere?
○ The Sun ○ The Moon ○ The ocean
2
🌍
What is the atmosphere?
○ The layer of air around Earth ○ The water in the ocean ○ The ground under our feet
3
⬆️💨
What happens when the Sun heats the air?
○ Warm air rises and can create wind ○ The air gets colder ○ Nothing
4
💨
Which of these is part of weather?
○ Wind ○ Rocks ○ Trees
5
☀️🌤️
What drives weather on Earth?
○ Energy from the Sun moving through the atmosphere ○ The Moon ○ Only the ocean
6
⬇️🌡️
When warm air rises, what often moves in to take its place?
○ Cooler air ○ More warm air ○ Water
7
🌧️☁️
Clouds and rain are part of …
○ Weather ○ The solar system ○ The core of Earth
8
☀️
True or false: The Sun sends both light and heat to Earth.
○ True ○ False
9
🌍💨
Why is the atmosphere important for life on Earth?
○ It holds the air we breathe and helps control temperature and weather ○ It has no effect ○ It is only in space
10
💨
Moving air is called …
○ Wind ○ Rain ○ Cloud
11
☀️
Where does most of the energy in the atmosphere originally come from?
○ The Sun ○ The ocean ○ Volcanoes
12
🌍
What do we call the layer of gases around Earth?
○ The atmosphere ○ The crust ○ The ocean
13
🌤️
Temperature, wind, and rain are all part of …
○ Weather ○ The water cycle only ○ Rocks
14
⬆️
Warm air tends to …
○ Rise ○ Sink ○ Stay still
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⬇️
Cool air tends to …
○ Rise ○ Sink ○ Stay in place
16
☀️🌤️
True or false: Without the Sun, Earth would have no weather.
○ True ○ False
17
☀️
What kind of energy does the Sun send to Earth?
○ Light and heat ○ Only sound ○ Only wind
18
💨🌧️
The flow of energy from Sun to atmosphere helps create …
○ Wind, clouds, and rain ○ Rocks ○ Ocean waves only
19
🌤️
What is weather?
○ What we feel outside: temperature, wind, clouds, rain ○ The same as climate in one day ○ Only rain
20
🌍☀️
The atmosphere gets heated mainly by …
○ The Sun ○ The Moon ○ The ground only