Water Atmosphere Water Weather Factors Weather Patterns Grab
Water, Atmosphere Water Weather Factors Weather Patterns Grab Bag 1 pt 1 pt 1 pt 2 pts 2 pts 3 pts 3 pts 4 pts 4 pts 5 pts 5 pts
What stage is when liquid water becomes water vapor? Category 1: $100: Q
Evaporation! Category 1: $100: A
These form when water vapor in the air becomes liquid water or ice crystals Category 1: $200: Q
clouds Category 1: $200: A
Nitrogen oxides combine with water in the air to form this Category 1: $300: Q
acid rain Category 1: $300: A
During an ice age, Earth’s sea level Category 1: $400: Q
lowers Category 1: $400: A
How do oceans affect temperatures of nearby land? Category 1: $500: Q
Temperatures are less extreme Category 1: $500: A
Which layer of the atmosphere is also known as the weather layer? Category 2: $100: Q
Troposhpere Category 2: $100: A
What is the trapping of energy from the sun by the Earth’s atmosphere? Category 2: $200: Q
The greenhouse effect Category 2: $200: A
How do fluids like air tend to move? Category 2: $300: Q
From areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure Category 2: 3 A
Our atmosphere contains gases and Category 2: $400: Q
Particles Category 2: $400: A
Why does the air in the atmosphere have pressure? Category 2: $500: Q
It has mass Category 2: $500: A
The transfer of heat from one object to another object through touch Category 3: $100: Q
Conduction Category 3: $100: A
The direct transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves Category 1: $500: Q
Radiation Category 3: $200: A
The transfer of heat by the movement of fluid Category 3: $200: Q
Convection Category 3: $300: A
What causes wind? Category 3: $300: Q
Unequal heating of the atmosphere Category 3: $400: A
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! Winds that blow between the equator and the poles are called Category 3: $400: Q
Global winds Category 3: $500: A
The result of a rapidly moving cold air mass that runs into a slow moving warm air mass? Category 3: $500: Q
Cold front Category 4: $100: A
These large clouds often produce thunderstorms Category 4: $200: Q
Cumulionimbus Category 4: $200: A
How do tornados form? Category 4: $300: Q
Warm moist and cold dry air masses collide Category 4: $300: A
Wind speed is measured by Category 4: $400: Q
anemometer Category 4: $400: A
DAILY DOUBLE! What is relative humidity? Category 4: $500: Q
A measure of the amount of water vapor present in the air compared to the amount needed for saturation at a specific temperature. Category 4: $500: A
Energy travels from the sun to the Earth by Category 4: $500: Q
radiation
As the amount of ozone in the atmosphere decreases, what happens to the amount of ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth? Category 5: $100: Q
It increases Category 5: $100: A
What wavelengths are a little bit shorter than visible light? Category 5: $200: Q
Ultraviolet Category 5: $200: A
The climate on the leeward side and windward sides of the mountain differ mostly in Category 5: $300: Q
the amount of rainfall Category 5: $300: A
The seasons are caused by Category 5: $400: Q
tilt of the Earth’s axis as the Earth revolves around the sun Category 5: $400: A
The most recent major ice age in North America extended as far south as Category 5: $500: Q
Iowa and Nebraska Category 5: $500: A
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