Jeopardy Vocabulary Atmosphere Wind Misc 2 100 100
Jeopardy Vocabulary Atmosphere Wind Misc 2 $100 $100 $200 $200 $300 $300 $400 $400 $500 $500 Final Jeopardy
1 - $100 n Condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place n What is weather?
1 - $200 n A tool to measure air temperature n What is a thermometer?
1 - $300 n Forms when cool air sinks slowly when an area has not been heated strongly by the Sun n What is high pressure?
1 - $400 n When the Earth’s rotation influences things on Earth n What is Coriolis Effect
1 - $500 n The amount of moisture the air contains compared with the maximum amount it can hold at a particular temperature n Relative humidity
2 - $100 n Two most abundant gases in the atmosphere n What are nitrogen and oxygen?
2 - $200 n % of atmosphere made up of other gases other than oxygen and nitrogen n What is 1%?
2 - $300 n It provides all the gases that living things need to survive. n What is atmosphere?
2 - $400 n From Earth to space, the 4 main layers in the atmosphere are: n Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere
2 - $500 n Most of the heating of the troposphere comes from the Sun. This is a type of ______. n What is radiation?
3 - $100 n Local winds differ from global winds because they n What is caused by unequal heating within a small area.
3 - $200 n Earth’s rotation makes global winds curve. This called the n What is the coriolis effect?
3 - $300 n Over short distances, wind blows towards area of n What is low pressure?
3 - $400 n These are at 30 degrees north and south latitudes n What are horse latitudes?
3 - $500 n These are both regions of very calm weather with very little wind. n What are the doldrums and horse latitudes?
4 - $100 n As you rise upwards in the atmosphere, air pressure n What is decreases?
4 - $200 n This gas absorbs ultraviolet radiation. n What is ozone?
4 - $300 n The force of air molecules pushing on an area is n What is air pressure?
4 - $400 n Jet streams generally flow toward the n What is East?
4 - $500 n Over short distances, wind blows towards areas of n What is low pressure?
5 - $100 n At about 30 degrees north and south latitudes n What are horse latitudes?
5 - $200 n Areas of very calm weather and little wind n What are the Doldrums and Horse latitudes?
5 - $300 As altitude increases, air pressure n What is decreases?
5 - $400 n As altitude increases, density n What is decreases?
5 - $500 n Warm air…. . n What is rises?
Final Jeopardy n The transfer of heat energy from on substance to another by direct contact n What is conduction?
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