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Jeopardy. Earth Science Edition. Climate. What is the process of water changing from a gas to a liquid?. A: Condensation. What is the transfer of energy through electromagnetic waves?. A: Radiation. What does O 3 represent?. A: Ozone.
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Jeopardy Earth Science Edition
What is the process of water changing from a gas to a liquid? • A: Condensation
What is the transfer of energy through electromagnetic waves? • A: Radiation
What does O3 represent? • A: Ozone
What is the transfer of energy by the flow of a heated substance? • A: Convection
What is the height at which condensation occurs? • A: Lifted Condensation Level
Which layer does weather occur? • A: Troposphere
Which layer is the ozone in? • Stratosphere
Which is the hottest layer? • A: Thermosphere
What is in the Ionoshpere? • A: Northern lights
The water cycle is fueled by what? • A: the energy of the sun
What is the transfer of energy that occurs because of a difference in temperature between substances. • A: Heat
Are molecules closer together or further apart in warm air? • A: further apart
What can temperature inversion make worse? • A: Air pollution
Why does cool air sink? • A: more dense
What is the shape of cirrus clouds? • A: Curly or wispy
What are the highest clouds made of? • A: Ice crystals
What type of clouds are lifted fog? • A: Stratus clouds
What causes orographic lifting? • A: Mountains
What determines whether precipitation will fall as rain or snow? • A: temperature
What are low gray rain clouds called? • A: Nimbus clouds
What is the process of water changing from a liquid to a gas • A: Evaporation
Cloud droplets colliding to form a large droplet is called? • A: Coalescence
What type of cloud has vertical development? • A: Cumulonimbus