Layers of the atmosphere Weather Jeopardy Layers of the atmosphere Air pressure Fronts Weather symbols Air masses 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

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Layers of the atmosphere-100 ANSWER: In which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur? QUESTION: What is the troposphere?

Layers of the atmosphere-200 ANSWER: The gas (and percentage) that is most abundant in the atmosphere. QUESTION: What is NITROGEN, 78%?

Layers of the atmosphere-300 ANSWER: The layers of the atmosphere in order. QUESTION: What is troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere?

Layers of the atmosphere-400 ANSWER: The layer where the aurora borealis (northern lights) occur. QUESTION: What is Thermosphere?

Layers of the Atomsphere-500 ANSWER: Most of the gas molecules are found in this layer. QUESTION: What is the troposphere?

Air Pressure-100 ANSWER: Lines on a weather map joining places of equal air pressure are called… QUESTION: What are isobars?

Air Pressure-200 ANSWER: Surface winds within a high pressure center are moving (clockwise OR counterclockwise) and (toward OR away) from the center. QUESTION: What is clockwise and away?

Air Pressure-300 ANSWER: The area around a high pressure center generally has this condition (clear OR overcast). QUESTION: What is clear sky?

Air Pressure-400 ANSWER: The air pressure at point D. QUESTION: What is about 1026 mb?

Air Pressure-500 ANSWER: The air pressure shown on this weather map symbol. QUESTION: What is 1023.7 mb?

Fronts-100 ANSWER: The type of front and direction it is moving on the weather map. QUESTION: What is a cold front moving southeast?

Fronts-200 ANSWER: A front is QUESTION: What is D- all of the above? Characterized by sharp temperature changes. A dividing line between two air masses of different characteristics. A region of dramatically changing weather. All of the above. QUESTION: What is D- all of the above?

Fronts-300 ANSWER: When two cool air masses cut a warm air mass off from the ground, this kind of front forms. QUESTION: What is Occluded Front?

Fronts-400 ANSWER: The late afternoon is characterized by sunshine and warm temperatures, while thunderstorms occur in the evening, followed by clear skies and a sharp drop in temperatures that night. A _______ boundary has passed through. QUESTION: What is cold front?

Fronts-500 ANSWER: Weather along most fronts is usually cloudy with precipitation because the warm air along most fronts is usually doing this. QUESTION: What is rising and cooling causing water vapor to condense?

Weather Symbols-100 ANSWER: QUESTION: What is a cold front?

Weather Symbols-200 ANSWER: QUESTION: What is warm front?

Weather Symbols-300 ANSWER: QUESTION: What is a warm front?

Weather Symbols-400 ANSWER: The wind speed. QUESTION: What is 25 knots?

Weather Symbols-500 ANSWER: Fill in the blanks: QUESTION: What are temperature, current condition, dew point, cloud cover, air pressure, wind speed?

Air Masses-100 ANSWER: A large body of air with similar temperature and moisture characteristics. QUESTION: What is an air mass?

Air Masses-200 ANSWER: Warm and Humid Air Mass. QUESTION: What is Maritime Tropical?

Air Masses-300 ANSWER: The earth’s desert regions serve as source regions for ________ air masses . QUESTION: What is continental tropical?

Air Masses-400 ANSWER: An air mass classified as mP usually forms over which type of Earth surface. QUESTION: What is cool ocean?

Air Masses-500 ANSWER: This map best shows the most probable areas of precipitation associated with these weather systems. QUESTION: What is 3?

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