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JEOPARDY !

JEOPARDY !. JEOPARDY !. Weather. Layers of the Atmosphere. Water Cycle. Clouds & Air Masses. Wild Card. What 2 main gasses make up air?. Nitrogen and Oxygen. The instrument used to measure wind speed. Anemometer. The instrument used to measure air pressure. Barometer.

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JEOPARDY !

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  1. JEOPARDY !

  2. JEOPARDY ! Weather Layers of the Atmosphere Water Cycle Clouds & Air Masses Wild Card

  3. What 2 main gasses make up air? Nitrogen and Oxygen

  4. The instrument used to measure wind speed. Anemometer

  5. The instrument used to measure air pressure. Barometer

  6. The instrument used to measure humidity Psychrometer

  7. Weather on earth is caused by…. Uneven heating on the earth’s surface

  8. Name the layer of Earth’s atmosphere where weather happens. Troposphere

  9. The ozone layer is found in which layer of Earth’s atmosphere Stratosphere

  10. What happens to air pressure as you increase altitude? Decreases

  11. The ozone layer protects us from _________. Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation

  12. The sun heats the earth by radiation. The earth heats the atmosphere by _____________. Heat from the Earth's core and radiation from the Sun is transferred to the surface of the Earth by conduction. Contact of the atmosphere with these warm surfaces transfers thermal energy, which then heats up the rest of the air through convection.

  13. The source of energy that drives the water cycle is _____. The sun

  14. Clouds are formed by the ___________ of water vapor in the atmosphere. Condensation

  15. When water evaporates from plants. Transpiration

  16. When water returns to earth in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail Precipitation

  17. When liquid water absorbs energy and changes to water vapor (gas). Evaporation

  18. This type of cloud is puffy with a flat bottom and usually means fair weather Cumulus

  19. An air mass is a huge body of air with similar ______________ and ___________. Temperature and Humidity (moisture)

  20. Name and describe an air mass that forms over the Gulf of Mexico. Maritime Tropical (mT); warm and moist

  21. Name and describe an air mass that forms over northern Canada. Continental Polar (cP); cold and dry

  22. The boundary between 2 air masses. Front

  23. What kind of weather always occurs at fronts and why? Clouds and precipitation because the warmer, more humid air always rises.

  24. What direction does wind spin in a low pressure storm such as a hurricane? Counter-clockwise

  25. The word nimbus or nimbo associated with a cloud indicates what? Thunderstorms

  26. Wind always blows from an area of _____pressure to an area of ______pressure. High;Low

  27. All weather in the United States moves in what direction? Towards the Northeast

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