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Jeopardy Atmosphere Gases in Air Greenhouse Effect Moving Air Atmosphere Layers 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
What surrounds Earth’s surface?
Air A 100
What is the atmosphere compared to?
a blanket wrapped around Earth’s surface
What is the most plentiful gas found in the atmosphere?
Nitrogen A 300
What is the second most plentiful gas found in the atmosphere?
Oxygen A 400
About how many miles above Earth’s surface does the atmosphere reach?
435 miles A 500
All animals need this to breathe
Oxygen B 100
What gas do plants need to make food? B 200
Carbon Dioxide B 200
What is water in the form of a gas? B 300
water vapor B 300
Air is made up of _____, takes up space, and has ______? B 400
matter; weight / mass B 400
What gas makes clouds and rainfall possible?
water vapor B 500
Warm air ____, and cool air ______.
rises; sinks C 100
What happens to the atmosphere during the Greenhouse Effect?
It warms up. C 200
What happens after the sun/heat rays strike Earth’s surface?
The sun/heat rays rise into the atmosphere. C 300
DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager C 400
What is happening in step 3 of the Greenhouse Effect displayed in the graphic source below.
Sun / heat rays escape into space.
When water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other gases trap sun/heat rays, what happens to the Earth’s atmosphere? C 500
The atmosphere warms up. C 500
What colors heat up more quickly? light colors or dark colors
dark colors D 100
What is the movement of air over Earth’s surface? D 200
wind D 200
What causes wind? D 300
the uneven heating of Earth’s surface D 300
Land _____ heat faster than water.
loses D 400
Water heats up _______ than land.
slower D 500
How many layers are in the Earth’s atmosphere?
4 E 100
What is only layer of the atmosphere that has weather and can support life?
troposphere E 200
Are particles of warm air closer together or farther apart than particles of cooler air?
farther apart E 300
In order to make a hot-air balloon rise, what does the pilot do to the air inside the balloon?
heats the air inside with a burner
When cooler air from over the water takes the place of warmer air over land what type of breeze occurs? E 500
sea breeze E 500
The Final Jeopardy Category is: Weather Click on screen to begin
Click on screen to continue Weather is the condition of a certain place and time. In Northampton, PA during the month of January, what is the most likely form of precipitation that may occur? Click on screen to continue
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