Transcript 7th Grade Jeopardy - Warren Consolidated Schools

By
Stephanie Sroka
Energy in the
Atmosphere
Heat Transfer
Winds
Water in the
Atmosphere
Precipitation
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Energy in the Atmosphere
100
What is the direct transfer of
energy by electromagnetic
waves?
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Energy in the Atmosphere
200
Which color of visible light
has the shortest
wavelength?
Answer
Energy in the Atmosphere
300
What are the three
forms of radiation
from the sun?
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Energy in the Atmosphere
400
What is the form of energy
with wavelengths that are
longer than visible light?
Answer
Energy in the Atmosphere
500
What is the process by
which gases hold heat
in the air?
Answer
Heat Transfer
100
What is thermal energy?
Answer
Heat Transfer
200
How many degrees Celsius
are there between the
freezing point and boiling
point of water?
Answer
Heat Transfer
300
What are the three ways
heat is transferred?
Answer
Heat Transfer
400
What is temperature?
Answer
Heat Transfer
500
What is heat?
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Winds
100
What causes wind?
Answer
Winds
200
What are global winds?
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Winds
300
What is the name of the
instrument that
measures wind speed?
Answer
Winds
400
What are the names of
the three major wind
belts?
Answer
Winds
500
What are jet streams?
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Water in the Atmosphere
100
What is the movement of
water between the
atmosphere and the
Earth’s surface called?
Answer
Water in the Atmosphere
200
What is humidity?
Answer
Water in the Atmosphere
300
How are clouds formed?
Answer
Water in the Atmosphere
400
What is a psychrometer?
Answer
Water in the Atmosphere
500
What are the three main
types of clouds?
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Precipitation
100
List four common
types of
precipitation.
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Precipitation
200
What is
precipitation?
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Precipitation
300
What device is used to
measure precipitation?
Answer
Precipitation
400
What must happen
before precipitation can
fall from a cloud?
Answer
Precipitation
500
What kind of cloud
produces hail?
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Energy in the Atmosphere
100
Radiation
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Energy in the Atmosphere
200
Violet
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Energy in the Atmosphere
300
Visible light
Infracted radiation
Ultraviolet radiation
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Energy in the Atmosphere
400
Infrared Radiation
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Energy in the Atmosphere
500
Greenhouse Effect
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Heat Transfer
100
The total energy of
motion in the
molecules of a
substance.
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Heat Transfer
200
100 °C
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Heat Transfer
300
Radiation
Conduction
Convection
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Heat Transfer
400
The average amount of
energy of motion in the
molecules of a substance.
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Heat Transfer
500
The energy transferred
from a hotter object to a
cooler object.
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Winds
100
Wind is the horizontal
movement of air from an
area of high pressure to an
area of low pressure.
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Winds
200
Global winds are the
movement between
the equator and the
poles.
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Winds
300
Anemometer
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Winds
400
Trade Winds
Prevailing Westerlies
Polar Easterlies
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Winds
500
Jet streams are bands of
high-speed winds about
10 kilometers above the
earth’s surface.
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Water in the Atmosphere
100
Water Cycle
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Water in the Atmosphere
200
Humidity is a measure of
the amount of water
vapor in the air.
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Water in the Atmosphere
300
Clouds are formed when
water vapor in the air
becomes liquid water or ice
crystals.
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Water in the Atmosphere
400
A psychrometer measures
relative humidity.
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Water in the Atmosphere
500
Cumulus
Stratus
Cirrus
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Precipitation
100
Rain
Sleet
Hail
Freezing Rain
Snow
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Precipitation
200
Precipitation is any form of
water that fall from clouds
and reaches Earth’s
surface.
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Precipitation
300
Rain Gauge
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Precipitation
400
Cloud droplets must
grow heavy enough to
fall through the air.
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Precipitation
500
Cumulonimbus
Clouds
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Bibliography
Microsoft Office Online. 2006. http://office.microsoft.com September 14,
2006.
Simons, B. B. 2000. Science Explorer: Weather and Climate. Needham,
MA: Prentice Hall.