Transcript Jeopardy Game

Let’s Play
Jeopardy!!
The
Categories
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Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Wind and
Severe
Weather
Climate
Global Climate
Change:
Cause or Effect
Global Climate
Change:
Hodge-Podge
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Winds and
Severe
Weather
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Climate
Global Climate
Change:
Cause or Effect
Global Climate
Change:
Hodge-Podge
In the northern
hemisphere,
hurricanes circulate
counterclockwise
around this kind of
pressure center.
What is: low
pressure?
This type of solution is
Hurricanes
can
be
characterized
by
What are two
referred
by either of
watertomolecules
main
ideas
of
these
two
other
names,
moving into and out of
depending
on
location.
the cell
the same
the
cellattheory?
rate
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What are: cyclones
or typhoons?
If a hurricane is well
formed and organized, it
has a very clear one of
these at its center.
What is: the eye?
Maintaining
Winds
are
strongest
at
conditions
this part of the
suitable
for
hurricane.
survival
What is: the eye
wall?
Hurricanes get their
power from this main
factor.
What is: warm ocean
water evaporating and
releasing energy by
cooling and
condensing as it rises.
Tornadoes happen
mostly during this
season.
What is: spring?
How many
This is what a tornado is
electrons pass
called before it touches the
through
a
circuit
ground.
in 1 second?
What is: a funnel
cloud?
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This is the nickname given
to the central plains of the
U.S. where tornadoes are
most likely to occur.
What is: Tornado
Alley?
If you are in danger of
being hit by a tornado,
and are stuck outdoors,
you should assume this
position.
What is: lie flat in a
ditch?
Tornadoes are formed
when this air mass moving
up from the south collides
with the polar jet stream
from the north.
What is: warm
moist air from the
Gulf of Mexico?
This kind of front produces
the most violent
thunderstorms.
What is: cold front?
The “fuel” for a storm
includes unstable
atmosphere, and this
kind of rising air (two
words).
What is: warm
and moist air?
What of
is the
Strands
DNA;
attractive
force
contain
Wind is caused by this.
between
water
directions for
molecules
called?
making protein
What is: uneven
heating of the
Earth’s surface?
The friction created in the
updrafts and downdrafts
happening within the
clouds, creating charged
elements within clouds or
between clouds and the
ground produces this.
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What is: lightning?
This is formed when
particles in clouds
are continually
refrozen in a
convection current.
What is: hail?
Regional climate
changes due to
latitude occur as a
result of this.
Daily
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What is: the
variation of direct
sunlight?
The area just north and
south of the equator is
known as this.
What is: the
tropics?
A microclimate in which
the climate is warmer than
in the surrounding rural
areas due to concrete
building and large amounts
of asphalt is known as this.
What is: a heat
island?
Orographic lifting leads
to rain on this side of a
mountain.
What is: windward?
The Köppen classification
system for climates is
based on what two average
monthly values.
What are:
temperature and
precipitation?
If another student is
bullying or harassing
solar
activity
you will it stop if you
ignore it?
What is: cause?
What
is
an
melting glaciers
owl pellet?
What is: effect?
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volcanic activity
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What is: cause?
wilder weather
What is: effect?
increased ocean acidity
What is: effect?
The trend of rising
global temperatures over
a long period of time
What is: global
warming?
Movement of
material into and
out
of
the
cell
is
The diagram above shows
this
phenomenon.
balanced
What is: the greenhouse
effect?
Scientist believe
themain
twogreenhouse
factorsgas
The
emitted
by
humans
that cause cancer
are
What is: carbon
dioxide?
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The activity which
produces the most
greenhouse gases in
the United States.
What is: producing
electricity?
Carbon dioxide and methane are
examples of these types of gases
What are:
greenhouse gases?
Final
Jeopardy
Climate
Zones
Diagram the climate zones
of the Earth (with names)
and include climate
characteristics for each of
the zones.
What is:
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Double!