Weather Jeopardy Winds Instruments Clouds Water Cycle Precipitation

Weather Jeopardy Winds Instruments Clouds Water Cycle Precipitation Q 1 Q 6 Q 11 Q 16 Q 21 Q 2 Q 7 Q 12 Q 17 Q 22 Q 3 Q 8 Q 13 Q 18 Q 23 Q 4 Q 9 Q 14 Q 19 Q 24 Q 5 Q 10 Q 15 Q 20 Q 25 Final Jeopardy

Question 1 Warm air rises and cool air sinks. This is called_____.

Answer 1 What is a convection current?

Question 2 Warm air over land rises and is replaced by cool air from ocean

Answer 2 What is a sea breeze?

Question 3 Caused by differences in air pressure

Answer 3 What is – wind?

Question 4 This causes weather to move across the United States

Answer 4 What is the prevailing westerlies?

Question 5 These are characterized by very weak winds

Answer 5 Doldrums

Question 6 Instrument which measures air pressure.

Answer 6 What is – a barometer ?

Question 7 Instrument which measures precipitation.

Answer 7 What is – a rain gauge ?

Question 8 Instrument which measures temperature.

Answer 8 What is – a thermometer ?

Question 9 Instrument which measures direction.

Answer 9 What is– a wind vane ?

Question 10 Instrument which measures wind speed.

Answer 10 What is – anemometer ?

Question 11 Feathery, fair-weather clouds.

Answer 11 What is – cirrus ?

Question 12 White, puffy clouds.

Answer 12 What is– cumulus ?

Question 13 Dark, puffy rain clouds.

Answer 13 What is – nimbus ?

Question 14 Gray sky clouds, indicating drizzle.

Answer 14 What is – stratus ?

Question 15 “Thunderhead” clouds.

Answer 15 What is – cumulonimbus ?

Question 16 Process by which water becomes a gas (water vapor).

Answer 16 What is – evaporation ?

Question 17 Name given to rain, sleet, snow, & hail.

Answer 17 What is – precipitation ?

Question 18 Process by which water becomes a liquid.

Answer 18 What is – condensation ?

Question 19 The form of precipitation which has layers of ice.

Answer 19 What is – hail?

Question 20 Process by which plants release water vapor into the air.

Answer 20 What is– transpiration ?

Question 21 Frozen precipitation melts and reaches the ground as ____.

Answer 21 What is – rain ?

Question 22 Falls through cold air and reaches the surface

Answer 22 What is – snow ?

Question 23 Frozen precipitation melts in warm air. Rain falls and freezes on cold surfaces.

Answer 23 What is – freezing rain ?

Question 24 Frozen precipitation melts in shallow warm air. Refreezes into ______ before reaching the surface.

Answer 24 What is – sleet ?

Question 25 Round pellets of ice that form when tossed back up into a cloud by an updraft

Answer 25 What is – hail?

Final Jeopardy The average distance jet stream are from the Earth’s surface

Final Jeopardy Answer What is 10 km?