Transcript Chapter 8 Jeopardy

Chapter 8
Jeopardy . . .
Weather you like it or not
Question #1
• A psychrometer measures which of the
following:
• A. The color of the sky
• B. The barometric pressure
• C. Wind speed
• D. Relative humidity
Answer #1
• D. Relative Humidity
Question #2
• Name the 3 main processes below.
Answer #2
• Evaporation, condensation, precipitation.
Question #3
• What is the process by which trees and plants
lose moisture through evaporation?
Answer #3
• Transpiration
Question #4
• What is all over this guy’s head (not starting
with the letter “s”), and how does this help
regulate his body temperature?
Answer #4
• This is perspiration and it helps to keep his
body cool by evaporation.
Question #5
• If a cubic meter of air in San Diego can hold
400 grams of water vapor at 70º F, then what
is the relative humidity at this temperature if
the air is holding 80 grams of water vapor?
Answer #5
• 20%. Since the air is holding 80/400 or 1/5 of
the water vapor it can hold, it’s relative
humidity is 1/5 or 20%.
Question #6
• The difference in temperature between the
wet bulb and the dry bulb on a psychrometer
are very close in temperature. What does this
tell us about the weather?
Answer #6
• It tells us that the relative humidity is high
since there was little evaporation in the wet
bulb, and the temperature didn’t change
much as a result.
Question #7
• If there is a very large difference in the
temperature readings between the wet bulb
and the dry bulb thermometers on a
psychrometer, what does this tell you about
the relative humidity?
Answer #7
• It tells you that the
relative humidity is very
low.
Question #8
• Spell the name of the instrument that is used
to measure relative humidity.
Answer #8
• P-S-Y-C-H-R-O-M-E-T-E-R
Question #9
• What is the process called when water vapor
changes into liquid water?
Answer #9
• Condensation
Question #10
• Name 5 types of precipitation.
Answer #10
• Rain, Freezing Rain, Sleet, Hail, Snow
Question #10
• This picture shows an example of what weather
related phenomenon that doesn’t start with the
letter “C”?
Answer #10
• Dew
Question #11
• How does the phenomenon in the previous
question form?
Answer #11
• When water vapor condenses onto a colder
surface than the air.
Question #12
• Who invented the first lightning detector?
Answer #12
Alexandar
Popov
Question #13
• In what port city of Texas did a
hurricane hit that killed at least
8,000 people?
Answer #13
Question #14
• When the steamship Home sank during a
hurricane off Ocracoke, North Carolina in
1837, what law did the U.S. Congress pass that
related to this?
Answer #14
They passed a law requiring every sea-going ship
to carry a life preserver for every passenger.
Question #15
• All year round, most precipitation begins in
clouds as what?
Answer #15
• Let it SNOW!
Question #16
• Which of the following states are not
in tornado alley?
Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Kansas,
Nebraska, California.
Answer #16
Mississippi
California
Question #17
• The reason why clouds form high in the air is:
a)
b)
c)
d)
The higher you go, the wetter it will always be.
Clouds can’t form near the ground.
Most air condenses higher in the troposphere.
Moist air evaporates with altitude.
Answer #17
• Warm moist air rises, cools and condenses.
Question #18
• Cirrus means which of the following?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Of or pertaining to a circus.
Frizzy hair.
Puffy hair
Serious.
A curl of hair.
Answer #18
Question #19
• What type of cloud is this?
Answer #19
• Cumulonimbus
20-30 are True and False.
• For True, just say “True”. For False, say “False”,
then explain why the statement is false.
Question #20
• Since alto means “high”, altostratus and
altocumulus clouds are the highest of all
clouds.
Answer #20
• False. Although “alto” does mean high,
altostratus and altocumulus clouds are only
mid-level clouds. Cumulonimbus and any of
the cirrus clouds are higher.
Question #21
• Clouds are categorized by their shape and
their altitude.
Answer #21
• True
Question #22
• You see lightning and you immediately start
counting seconds. You count to 15 seconds.
The lightning must have been 5 miles away
since thunder travels a mile for every 3
seconds.
Answer #22
• False. The speed of sound travels about 5
seconds for every mile so the lightning must
have been 3 miles away.
Question #23
• Fog occurs when clouds start sinking from
higher in the atmosphere to settle on the
ground.
Answer #23
• False. Fog often forms when the ground cools
at night after a warm, humid day, and the
ground cools the air just above the ground to
the air’s dew point.
Question #24
• The smallest droplet is the mist droplet.
Answer #24
• False. It is the cloud droplet.
Question #25
• A drizzle droplet is larger than a mist droplet.
Answer #25
• True.
Question #26
• Snowflakes all have six sides or branches.
Answer #26
• True.
Question #27
• A Maritime Polar air mass is cold and dry.
Answer #27
• False. A Maritime Polar air mass is cold and
wet.
Question #28
• In the United States, air masses are commonly
moved by the prevailing westerlies and trade
winds.
Answer #28
• False. Air masses in the continental U.S. are
commonly moved by the prevailing westerlies
and the jet stream.
Question #29
• The most complex weather situation occurs at
an occluded front.
Answer #29
• True.
Question #30
• Anticyclones generally causes dry, clear
weather.
Answer #30
• True.
Question #31
Which of the following is not one of the four
types of air masses that influence the weather in
North America ?
a. Maritime Continental
b. Maritime Polar
c. Continental Polar
d. Maritime Tropical
e. Continental Tropical
Answer #31
• A. Maritime Continental.
Question #32
• The picture below shows what type of front?
Answer #32
• A warm front.
Question #33
• The following picture shows what type of
front?
Answer #33
Question #34
• What is this type of front called?
Answer #34
• Stationary Front
Question #35
• What type of front is this and why is it called
that?
Answer #35
• It is an Occluded Front and is called that
because a warm air mass is caught between
two cooler air masses and is cut off, or
occluded, from the ground,
Question #36
• Name two differences when contrasting
cyclones and anticyclones in the northern
hemisphere.
Answer #36
Question #37
• What type of weather is usually associated
with high pressure weather systems and what
type of weather is usually associated with low
pressure weather systems?
Answer #37
• High Pressure systems are usually associated
with clear skies and warm weather, whereas,
low pressure systems are usually associated
with cloudy skies, stormy and cools weather.
Question #38
• What is the name of the formation of melted
sand tube resulting from a lightning strike?
Spell it.
Answer #38
• Fulgurite.
Question #39
• About how many tornadoes occur in the
United States every year?
A. 18
B. 80
C. 800
D. 8,000
Answer #39
• About 800
Question #40
• If you are swimming in a pool during a
thunderstorm, what should you do?
a. Keep swimming since you are already wet.
b. Get out since you might get wet.
c. Get out since your towel might get wet.
d. Stay in because water will protect you.
e. Get out since water conducts electricity.
Answer #40
Get out since water conducts electricity, you
could get electrocuted while in the pool.
Question #41
• If are sleeping under a tree in a tent, and a
thunderstorm starts, what should you do?
a. Stay in the tent since you are dry and safe.
b. Fly a kite with a key attached to it.
c. Seek shelter away from the tree.
d. Lie flat on the ground away from the tree.
Answer #41
• Seek shelter away from the tree.
Question #42
• Why do we see lightning before we hear
thunder?
Answer #42
• Because light travels much faster than sound
does.
Question #43
• What does GLM stand for?
Answer #43
• Geostationary Lightning Mapper.
Question #44
• Other than light waves and sound waves, what
other waves does lightning create?
Answer #44
• Lightning creates radio waves.
Question #45
• Myth or Fact: Lightning never strikes the same
place twice.
Answer #45
• It is a myth. The fact is lightning often strikes
the same place. That is also why we have
lightning rods.
Question #46
• Myth or Fact: Lightning is attracted to metal
structures or objects.
Answer #46
• Myth. The fact is that lightning is attracted
more to high things, pointy shapes, and the
isolation of objects.
Question #47
• What causes the particles in clouds to become
charged?
Answer #47
• The air movements and collisions between the
various types of precipitation in the middle of
the cloud cause the precipitation particles to
become charged.
Question #48
• Before a hurricane becomes a
hurricane, what two stages must
it experience?
Answer #48
• A tropical depression and tropical storm.
Question #49
• Which is more serious, a tornado warning or a
tornado watch? Why?
Answer #49
• A tornado warning because a tornado watch is just letting people know
that conditions for tornadoes are ripe, but a warning is after tornadoes
have already been sighted.
Question #50
• Quote a weather saying that informs about
stormy weather or fair weather at sea based
on sky color and the time of day.
Answer #50
Red sky at morning, sailors take warning.
Red sky at night, sailor’s delight.
Or
Evening red and morning gray
Will send a traveler on his way,
Evening gray and morning red
Will bring down rain upon his head.
Question #51
• What publication did Mr. Wright refer to as a
weather predicting publication used for nearly
two hundred years?
Answer #51
Question #52
What does the following video
and it’s topic have to do with
weather and the big bang theory?
• ..\..\My Videos\YouTube Videos\Doppler Effect
Examples.htm
Answer #52
• The Doppler radar is used to bounce radio waves
off of precipitation particles to help
meteorologist see the weather around the world
and interpret what is happening.
• The Doppler was also used by Edwin Hubble to
come up with the concept of the red shift which
observed that all stars were expanding away from
each other, leading to the theory of the Big Bang.
Question #53
• What is the temperature, wind direction and
cloud cover on the following weather symbol?
Answer #53
• Temperature 28F, Wind Direction SW, 75% CC