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Changing Atmosphere I Weather Patterns I Changing Atmosphere II Weather Patterns II Miscellaneous Atmosphere 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 Final Jeopardy Help (1) Save a duplicate of this template. (2) Enter all answers and questions in the normal view. (view/normal) (3) Change the category headings in the normal view (view/normal) (4) View as a slideshow. (5) Use the home red button after each question. ©Norman Herr, 2003 • ANSWER: The two gases that make up 99% of Earth’s atmosphere. • QUESTION: What are nitrogen and oxygen? • ANSWER: Gases that absorb and give off infrared radiation. • QUESTION: What are greenhouse gases? • ANSWER: The three natural processes that continually change the atmosphere? • QUESTION: What are the carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles? • ANSWER: The three ways that energy is moved throughout the atmosphere. • QUESTION: What are radiation, conduction, and convection? • ANSWER: The atmosphere’s four layers from the Earth’s surface up and the characteristic that defines them. • QUESTION: What is troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and temperature? • ANSWER: Any instrument that measures air pressure. • QUESTION: What is a barometer? • ANSWER: This causes Earth’s global winds to curve rather than to move in straight lines. • QUESTION: What is the Coriolis effect? • ANSWER: The three main types of clouds. • QUESTION: What are cirrus, cumulus, and stratus? • ANSWER: A condition in which the rates of evaporation and condensation are equal. • QUESTION: What is saturation? • ANSWER: The 5 forms of precipitation that reaches Earth’s surface. • QUESTION: What are rain & drizzle, freezing rain, sleet, snow, and hail. • ANSWER: Besides nitrogen and oxygen, two other gases that make up Earth’s atmosphere. • QUESTION: What are argon, carbon dioxide, and water vapor? • ANSWER: The two types of pollutants that make up air pollution. • QUESTION: What are gas pollutants and particle pollutants (particulates)? • ANSWER: 3 dramatic events that may cause sudden changes to Earth’s atmosphere. • QUESTION: What are volcanic eruptions, forest fires, and dust storms? • ANSWER: Chemicals that break down in the stratosphere and destroy the ozone layer. • QUESTION: What are chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)? • ANSWER: The percentage of solar energy that is absorbed by Earth’s surface. • QUESTION: What is 50%? • ANSWER: The force of air molecules pushing on an area. • QUESTION: What is air pressure? • ANSWER: The instrument used by scientists to measure rainfall. • QUESTION: What is a rain gauge? • ANSWER: The temperature at which air with a given amount of water vapor will reach saturation. • QUESTION: What is dew point? • ANSWER: A cloud that rests on the ground or a body of water. • QUESTION: What is fog? • ANSWER: The names of 3 global wind belts. • QUESTION: What are the trade winds, the westerlies, and the easterlies • ANSWER: The process shown at A. • QUESTION: What is conduction? • ANSWER: The process shown at B. • QUESTION: What is convection? • ANSWER: The type of cloud in the diagram. • QUESTION: What is a cumulus cloud? • ANSWER: The process in which organisms take in O2 and release CO2. • QUESTION: What is respiration? • ANSWER: The 3 specific groups of people that air pollution can cause extra health problems for. • QUESTION: What are young children, older adults, and asthma sufferers? • ANSWER: The meaning of the Latin word Stratus. • QUESTION: What is spread out? • ANSWER: The meaning of the Latin word Cumulus. • QUESTION: What is heap or pile? • ANSWER: The meaning of the Latin word Cirrus. • QUESTION: What is curl of hair? • ANSWER: The electromagnetic spectrum in order from longest wavelength to shortest. • QUESTION: What are radio, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x-rays and gamma rays? Answer Question • ANSWER: The 4 main gases that cause the greenhouse effect. • QUESTION: What are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide? Answer Question • ANSWER: The 3 main causes of acid rainfall. • QUESTION: What are transportation, power plants and factories? Answer Question