Academic Raceway 500

Welcome to the Academic Raceway

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Welcome to the Academic Raceway

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Complete Three Races to Win the Academic Trophy

Qualifying LapAtlanta Motor Speedway

Indianapolis 500Click here to begin.

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Qualifying Lap

QUALIFYING LAP

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The process by which rocks are broken down into smaller pieces

The temperature and the climate in a place

What is weathering?

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Define the water cycle.

The constant recycling of water on Earth

The amount of rain in a year

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What layer of atmosphere is closest to the the Earth?

stratosphere

troposphere

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transpiration

evaporation

What is it called when plants give off water vapor?

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How hot it is

A measure of the average energy of motion of the particles in matter

What is temperature?

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You’ve Crashed!

Congratulations! You’ve Qualified!

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Atlanta Motor Speedway

Atlanta Motor Speedway

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Towering, dark rain clouds with a nimbus, or halo,

of gray-white Dark gray clouds that form a low layer and sometimes bring

light rain or snow showers

Describe stratus clouds.

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What is a storm surge?

very large series of waves caused by high winds over a large area of ocean

An ocean current formed when steady winds blow over the surface of the ocean

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What is precipitation?

One of the many gases in air

Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, sleet,

or hail

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A tool to measure moisture in the air

A tool to measure wind speed

What is a hygrometer?

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The amount of heat in the air

The amount of water vapor in the air

What is humidity?

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Congratulations! You’ve Completed the First Race!

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Indianapolis 500

INDIANAPOLIS 500

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A huge body of air which all has similar

temperature and moisture

Particles of air pressing down on the Earth's surface

What is air mass?

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What is the name of the instrument used to measure wind speed

anemometer

barometer

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What is the name of the clouds that are wispy, are at high-altitude and are made up of ice crystals

cumulus

cirrus

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Particles of air pressing down on the Earth's surface A huge body of air which all has similar temperature and moisture

What is air pressure?

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cumulonimbus

cumulus

The name of the puffy cotton-ball clouds that begin to form when water droplets condense at middle altitudes

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You’ve Crashed!

Congratulations! You’ve Won the Trophy!

Congratulations! You’ve Won the Trophy!

THE WINNER’S CIRCLE