Transcript Storms Jeopardy Review Game

Storms Jeopardy
Pressure
Cooker
“Current”
Events
It’s a
Breeze!
On the
“Front” Lines
Weather
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FINAL
Pressure Cooker 100
These weather conditions are usually
associated with areas of high
pressure.
What are clear skies?
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Pressure Cooker 200
These weather conditions are usually
associated with areas of low
pressure.
What are cloudy skies and
precipitation?
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Pressure Cooker 300
The symbol shown at
right represents this
type of weather.
What is a thunderstorm?
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Pressure Cooker 400
These are the three main
ingredients of cloud formation.
What are heat energy, water, and
dust particles?
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Pressure Cooker 500
Scientists use this device to
measure changes in air pressure.
What is a barometer?
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“Current” Events 100
Global winds are the result of this
type of current in air.
What is a convection current?
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“Current” Events 200
Warm air tends to flow from this
area of the Earth toward the
poles.
What is the equator?
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“Current” Events 300
A warm current tends to bring
___________ to the poles.
What is warm water and/or warm
temperatures?
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“Current” Events 400
A cold current tends to have this
effect on the temperature of water
and the air above it.
What is a cooling effect?
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“Current” Events 500
This term describes the
circulation of warm and cold air.
What is convection?
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It’s a Breeze 100
This type of breeze occurs during
the day when cool air over a body
of water moves toward land.
What is a sea breeze?
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It’s a Breeze 200
This type of breeze occurs at night
when cool air over land moves
toward the water to replace rising
warm air.
What is a land breeze?
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It’s a Breeze 300
Easterlies, Westerlies, and Trade
Winds are examples of this type of
wind.
What are global winds?
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It’s a Breeze 400
Land breezes and sea breezes are
examples of this type of wind.
What are local winds?
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It’s a Breeze 500
Winds are caused by these
conditions.
What are the uneven heating of land
and water?
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On the “Front” Lines 100
Because it is light and less dense,
warm air tends to do this.
What is rise?
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On the “Front” Lines 200
Tornado Alley, where warm moist air
masses from the south meet cool, dry
air masses from the north and west,
includes parts of these states.
What are Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas
and Missouri?
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DAILY DOUBLE - On the “Front”
Lines 300
The meeting of two air masses of
very different temperature and
humidity conditions over land will
likely cause this type of storm.
What is a tornado?
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On the “Front” Lines 400
Cold air tends to sink because it is
__________ than warm air.
What is denser?
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On the “Front” Lines 500
These are the three main types of
fronts.
What are cold, warm, and occluded
(stationary) fronts?
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Weather 100
These two types of storms
involve rapidly spiraling winds.
What are hurricanes and tornadoes?
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Weather 200
Name three tools that meteorologists
can use to study and predict weather
related events.
What are Doppler radar, satellite
images, and weather maps?
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Weather 300
This is the main source of heat
energy for the earth.
What is the sun?
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Weather 400
This event occurs every few years,
causing an increase in temperature of
the ocean water along the west coast
of North and South America.
What is El Niño?
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Weather 500
Weather systems in the United
States tend to move in this
direction.
What is from west to east?
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FINAL JEOPARDY!
These three processes play
integral roles in the water cycle.
What are evaporation, condensation,
and precipitation?