Transcript Jeopardy Test Review CH 24

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Final Jeopardy Question
Name the four layers of the
atmosphere in order from Earth to
space and name the layer that is
the hottest.
1. Troposphere
2. Stratosphere
3. Mesosphere
4. Thermosphere
The hottest layer is the thermosphere.
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What do plants need from the air for
photosynthesis and what do animals need
from the air to breathe?
Plants need carbon dioxide
Animals need oxygen
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What is the protective boundary between
Earth and space?
As altitude increases, what happens to the
density of the air and the air pressure?
Atmosphere protects the Earth from
space.
Density decreases and air pressure
decreases as altitude increases.
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In which layer does weather take place?
Where is the ozone layer located?
Weather takes place in the troposphere
The ozone layer is in the upper stratosphere
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What is the composition of Earth’s dry air?
78% nitrogen
21% oxygen
1% other gases
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What are the three ways that energy is
transferred within the troposphere?
Radiation
Convection
conduction
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What is a revolution? And how long does
it take?
Earth’s complete orbit around the sun
is a revolution. It takes a year.
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Which region(s) are cooler than the
equator? Polar zone and temperate zone
What is a rotation? And how long does it
take?
Rotation is the spinning of a
planet on it’s axis.
It takes Earth 24 hours
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What creates the seasons?
Tilt of Earth’s axis
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What occurs when the sun is directly
overhead at noon at latitude 23.5° N and
23.5 ° S?
solstice
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List the four Global winds.
Westerlies
Trade winds
Polar easterlies
Doldrums
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Name the three basic cloud forms.
Stratus
Cumulus
cirrus
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What is wind?
Wind is air blowing from an area of high
pressure to an area of low pressure
About how much of the solar energy is
absorbed by Earth?
50%
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Daily Double
What is the main way in which Earth’s
atmosphere is heated?
Energy reradiated by Earth’s surface.
A daily breeze that occurs in a city that is
located near a large body of water is an
example of _____________________.
Local winds
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What is a belt of high-speed wind in the
upper troposphere called?
A jet stream
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What type of clouds are the following:
1. Flat layers that cover much or all of the sky
and produces rain nimbostratus
2. White puffy clouds that are more vertical.
They have a flat base and a billowing tower
rising above. Sometimes called
thunderheads.
cumulonimbus
3. White, wispy clouds often with a feathery or
veil-like appearance. Often appear before
rain forming clouds. cirrostratus
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Rain Sleet and snow are types of
precipitation
__________.
The shape and size of snowflakes depends
temperature
on the ______________
at which it forms.
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What is a cloud?
A visible mass of tiny water
droplets and ice crystals
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How large must ice be to be classified as
hail?
5 millimeters
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Which air masses have more moisture?
Air masses formed over water or air masses
formed over land?
Over water
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•Where would a maritime tropical air
mass form that affects weather in the
U.S? The Gulf of Mexico
•Which air mass forms over land north of
the 50° north latitude? Continental polar
•How does a cold front form?
A cold air mass collides with a warm air
mass and pushes the warm air up.
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•What is the sharply defined boundary
that forms where two unlike air masses
meet? front
•What is a topical storm with sustained
winds of at least 119 Km/hr? hurricane
•What is a small intense storm formed
when a vertical cylinder of rotating air
develops? tornado
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What weather system has the following:
•Air spirals away from the center
•Has a center of high pressure
•Turns clockwise winds in the Northern
Hemisphere
•Is generally associated with clear
weather
anticyclone
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The pressure at the center of a cyclone is
low
_______.
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What is a major type of storm associated
with lightning, strong winds, and heavy
rain or hail?
thunderstorm
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3.
4.
Cold front
Stationary Front
Warm front
Occluded front
What does each symbol
represent?
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What three factors affect a region’s
temperature?
1. Latitude and altitude
2. Distance from large bodies of
water
3. Ocean currents
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What is a description of the pattern of
weather over many years? climate
What is an example of a long-term climate
change that occurs naturally? Ice age
What is a climate change that may be
caused by human activities? Global warming
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What are the two main factors that determine a
region’s climate?
Temperature and precipitation
What is a short-term variation in climate that is
caused by a change in the normal direction of winds,
which causes ocean currents to shift direction?
El Nino
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Doppler radar
•_______________
works by bouncing
radio waves off particles of precipitation in
moving storms and then measuring the
frequency of the waves the return.
•What are lines on a weather map that
connect points that have the same air
temperature?
isotherms
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This question is about zones.
Write down the number of points
that you want to risk.
Go to Final Jeopardy Question
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List all of the zones in correct order from
North Pole to south pole and give the
range of latitude for each.
Polar 66.5° N to 90 ° N
Temperate 23.5 ° N 66.5 ° N
Tropic 23.5 ° N to 23.5 ° S
Temperate 23.5 ° S to 66.5 ° S
Polar 66.5 ° S to 90 ° S
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