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Atmosphere Jeopardy Review
Vocab A
Vocab B
Vocab C
Vocab D
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Final Jeopardy
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What is the thin layer of gases that surround
Earth?
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Atmosphere
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Double
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What is water in its gaseous form called?
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Water vapor
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What is the atmospheric layer closest to Earth’s
surface that planes and clouds are present in?
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Troposphere
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What is the atmospheric layer directly above the
troposphere that encompasses the ozone layer
and weather balloons?
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Stratosphere
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What is the area of the stratosphere with a high
concentration of ozone which absorbs UV rays?
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Ozone layer
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What is the region within the mesosphere and
thermosphere that contains charged particles or
ions which allow auroras to occur?
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ionosphere
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What is the transfer of energy by waves and
99% if the radiant energy from Sun consists of
visible light, UV light, and infrared?
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Radiation
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Double
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What is the transfer of thermal energy by
collisions between particles that are close
together?
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Conduction
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What is the transfer of thermal energy by the
movement of particles within matter?
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Convection
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What describes whether circulating air motions
will be strong or weak?
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Stability
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Triple
 What occurs in the troposphere when
temperature increases as altitude increases and
a layer of cooler air is trapped by a layer of
warmer air above it and can trap pollution in
that air close to Earth’s surface?
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Temperature Inversion
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What is the movement of air from areas of high
pressure to areas of low pressure?
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Wind
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Double
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What are steady winds that flow from east to
west between 30 N latitude and 30 S latitude
that Florida experiences?
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Trade winds
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What are steady winds that flow from west to
east between latitudes 30 N and 60 N, and 30 S
and 60 S?
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Westerlies
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What are cold winds that blow from the east to
the west near the North Pole and South Pole?
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Polar easterlies
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Triple
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What are the narrow band of high winds near
the top of the troposphere that flow from west
to east?
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Jet Stream
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What is a wind that blows from the sea to the
land due to local temperature and pressure
differences?
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Sea breeze
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What is a wind that blows from the land to the
sea due to local temperature and pressure
differences?
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Land breeze
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What is the contamination of air by harmful
substances including gases and smoke?
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Air pollution
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What occurs when sulfur dioxide and nitrogen
oxide combine with moisture in the atmosphere
and form precipitation that has a low pH than
normal rain water?
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Acid precipitation
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Triple
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What is air pollution that forms from the
interaction of chemicals in the air and sunlight?
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Photochemical smog
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What is a mixture of dust, acids, and other
chemicals that can be hazardous to human
health and create a haze?
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Particulate matter
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What state of matter has a definite volume but no
definite shape that can flow from one place to another?
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liquid
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What does it mean to returns light, heat, or
sound after it strikes a surface?
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reflect
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What is it called when greenhouse gases
(carbon dioxide, methane gas, water vapor) trap
the infrared energy from the Sun and direct it
back to Earth?
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Greenhouse effect
Final Jeopardy
What is the mean of the following set:
35,17,29,48,36,10,5,23,5,17
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