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The Science ofWEATHER
JEOPARDY
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JEOPARDY
Energy Heat Transfer Wind Air Masses
The making of
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Energy
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How many degrees is the earth tilted?
23.5 degrees
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Energy
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What are the two causes of seasons?
1.Tilt of Earth2.Earth’s Revolution around the sun
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Energy
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Word meaning seasons with equal hours of day
and night
Equinox
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Energy
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Proper name for season with the most hours of daylight
Summer Solstice
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Energy
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Our atmosphere is made of several gases. Certain ones like carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor are efficient at trapping heat. This trapping of heat is known asThe Greenhouse Effect
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Heat Transfer
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The direct transfer of heat from the sunTo the earth is called:
Radiation
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Heat Transfer
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The transfer of heat fromone object to another when one object touches the otherConduction
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Heat Transfer
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The transfer of heat by themovement of fluids like airor water is called:
Convection
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Heat Transfer
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What type of heat transfer getsheat throughout the entire troposphere?
Convection
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Heat Transfer
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Using the 3 heat transfer termsdescribe how the atmosphere gets heated.1.Energy from sun radiates to the ground
2.The Ground conducts heat to air molecules3.Heated molecules rise up through convection
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Wind
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As warm air rises it creates an area of low air pressure becauseit . . .
is less dense and weighs less
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Wind
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What instrument is used tomeasure wind speed?
Anemometer
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Wind
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Because of the rotation of the Earth, air returning to the equatorgets pushed off it’s course. This is called the . . .
Coriolis Effect
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Wind
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It’s the horizontal movement
You may wager up to the amount you currently have on the Daily Double question.
Wind is the movement of air fromareas of high to areas of low pressure. What’s missing from this definition?
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Wind
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At 30 degrees North Latitude there are no global winds. Which way is the air mostly moving there? Down
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Air Masses
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An air mass of dry and cold air is called
Continental polar
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Air Masses
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A humid warm air mass is called
Maritime Tropical
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Air Masses300 Points
The place where two air masses meet but don’t mix is called the
Front
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Air Masses
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What instrument is used to measure relative humidity?
psychrometer
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Air Masses500
Air masses are bodies of air that have what 3 similar factors?
Temperature, humidity andPressure
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The Making of Rain
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Liquid water becomes water vaporthrough the process of . . . evaporation
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The Making of Rain
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As warm moist air rises it cools.The water molecules come togetherin a process called.
Condensation
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The making of rain
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As humid air begins to condensesit forms
Clouds / Rain / Snow
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The Making of Rain
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For every thousand feet air risesit will decrease in temperature byhow many degrees Celsius? Three
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The Making of Rain
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Why do fierce thunderstorms occurin Florida daily between 1 and 3 This is the time of most direct light and so
the land is most heated there and rises quickly.