Transcript Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 5th Grade Leaders

Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
A Weather Forecasting System
Review
Circle your answer as you go. Mark
it right or wrong as you go.
1.Earth’s weather occurs almost
completely within what
atmosphere layer?
A) mesosphere
 B) thermosphere
 C) exosphere
 D) troposphere
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D) troposphere
This is the lowest level of the atmosphere
 This is where we live
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2.What is the boundary between
two unlike masses of air?
A)
 B)
 C)
 D)
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station model
knot
front
prevailing wind
C) front
This is the boundary where air masses of
different temperatures and humidities
collide.
 There are 4 types
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3.Examples of precipitation are
A) snow, fog, dust
 B) clouds, rain, sun
 C) tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards
 D) rain, sleet, hail
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D) rain, sleet, hail
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After water vapor condenses in a cloud it
can fall in different forms depending on the
temperature.
4. On a weather map, a line with
a row of triangles on one side
shows the location of a
___________?
A) a cold front
 B) a mountain range
 C) lightning strikes
 D) fog
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A) A cold front
This is when a cold air mass moves in and
overtakes a warm air mass.
 It brings cold temperatures, clouds, and rain
immediately.
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5. Weather stations collect data
about all the following EXCEPT
_________.
A) temperature and humidity
 B) thermometers and barometers
 C) cloudiness and precipitation
 D) air pressure and wind
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B) Thermometers and
barometers
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These are TOOLS used to measure data
6. A front moving toward an area
usually means _______
A) the greenhouse effect
 B) changing weather
 C) no change in weather
 D) a tornado forming
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B) Changing weather
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When a weather front moves in it usually
means weather will change because it is a
different temperature of air mass.
7. What does climate mean?
A) daily weather
 B) high temperature
 C) average weather over a long period of
time.
 D) cold front
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C) Average weather of a long
period of time
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Weather is just the current daily weather
while climate is an average over a long
period of time.
8. High, thin, wispy clouds that
are made of ice crystals
are_______.
A) cirrus
 B) cumulus
 C) stratus
 D) nimbus
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A) cirrus
Cirrus clouds are the highest in the sky.
 They have a feather or hair like appearance.
 It’s a fair weather cloud.
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9. What would measure wind
speed accurately?
A)
 B)
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 D)
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a Celsius thermometer
a hygrometer
the beaufort scale
an anemometer
D) An anemometer
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A Beaufort scale is only an observation to
rate wind speed. An anemometer is a tool
used to accurately detect the speed of wind.
10. In sunny, dry weather, the air
pressure is ______ and the
relative humidity is ________.
A) low, high
 B) high, low
 C) high, high
 D) low, low
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B) high, low
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Warm weather comes after a high pressure
mass has moved in. Dry weather has low
humidity.
11. Two factors can cause clouds
to form when water vapor cools.
They are _______________.
A) humidity and high pressure
 B) precipitation and convection
 C) condensation and dust particles
 D) evaporation and low pressure
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C) Condensation and dust particles
The water vapor needs something to
condense on like dust particles.
 Think of the experiment “Make a Cloud”
and how we used smoke for particles for the
water vapor to condense on.
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12. The scientific study of
weather and the atmosphere is
called ____________________
A) Biology
 B) Meteorology
 C) Astrology
 D) Climatology
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B) Meteorology
13. Puffy, cotton-like clouds are
_________________.
A)
 B)
 C)
 D)
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Cumulus
Nimbus
Stratus
Cirrus
A) Cumulus
Cumulus clouds are known as the fair
weather clouds.
 They often are puffy on the top and flat on
the bottom.
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14. A line on a weather map
connecting points with equal air
pressure is a/an _____________.
A)
 B)
 C)
 D)
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Isotherm
weather front
Isobar
Spilled Milk
C) Isobar
15. This instrument measure air
pressure.
A)
 B)
 C)
 D)
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barometer
thermometer
anemometer
Steven’s Screen
A) barometer
A barometer measure air pressure in psi
(pounds per square inch) and millibars.
 If the barometric pressure falls, you can
usually expect stormy weather,
 If the barometric pressure goes up, you can
expect warm dry weather.
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16. A prediction on weather
conditions for a particular area
and time period is
______________________.
A)
 B)
 C)
 D)
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a hypothesis
a psychic reading
a guess
a forecast
D) Forecast
17. When a meteorologist
collects data from high up in the
atmosphere , it probably came
from _______________.
A)
 B)
 C)
 D)
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a satellite dish
a weather balloon
An almanac
a surface map
B) Weather balloon
18. Why does air get colder as
you go up in elevation?
A) The sun heats the surface of the earth so
as you get further from the surface it gets
colder.
 B) The air actually gets warmer because
warm air rises.
 C) The air temperature is the same near sea
level as it is at higher elevations.
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A) The sun heats the earth’s
surface.
The sun does not heat air molecules; it heats
the surface (solid) of earth (at sea level)
 So the further you get from the surface of
the earth the colder it gets.
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19. A condition of weather that
we measure is
_______________.
A)
 B)
 C)
 D)
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temperature
air pressure
wind speed
All the above
D) All the above
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There are 5 conditions that are measured:
temperature, air pressure, wind, humidity,
and precipitation.
20. Hurricanes and Tornadoes
have centers with very low
_____________.
A)
 B)
 C)
 D)
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temperatures
humidity
clouds
air pressure
D) Air pressure
The center of the hurricane or tornado is
called the “eye of the storm”.
 It is very calm.
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Tally up your scores!
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10 points for each correct answer
If it totals 200 ~ You are a SHINING STAR and
you are a MILLIONAIRE!
If it totals 170-190 ~ You are an “out of this
world” astronaut
If it totals 150-160 ~ You are an astronaut in
training
If it totals 140 or less ~ You are a space cadet and
need to study for the test!!