Academic Raceway 500

Welcome to the Academic Raceway 500 Weather Complete Three Races to Win the Academic Trophy Qualifying Lap Atlanta Motor Speedway Indianapolis 500 Click here to begin. Click here to begin.

Qualifying Lap QUALIFYING LAP Click on the key to start

Pick the right pit stop to win the race. The process by which rocks are broken down into smaller pieces The temperature and the climate in a place What is weathering?

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Pick the right pit stop to win the race. Define the water cycle. The constant recycling of water on Earth The amount of rain in a year

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Pick the right pit stop to win the race. What layer of atmosphere is closest to the the Earth? stratosphere troposphere

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Pick the right pit stop to win the race. transpiration evaporation What is it called when plants give off water vapor?

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Pick the right pit stop to win the race. How hot it is A measure of the average energy of motion of the particles in matter What is temperature?

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Congratulations! You’ve Qualified! Click here to go to your first race.

Atlanta Motor Speedway Click on the key to start

Pick the right pit stop to win the race. Towering, dark rain clouds with a nimbus, or halo, of gray-white Dark gray clouds that form a low layer and sometimes bring light rain or snow showers Describe stratus clouds.

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Pick the right pit stop to win the race. What is a storm surge? very large series of waves caused by high winds over a large area of ocean An ocean current formed when steady winds blow over the surface of the ocean

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Pick the right pit stop to win the race. What is precipitation? One of the many gases in air Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail

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Pick the right pit stop to win the race. A tool to measure moisture in the air A tool to measure wind speed What is a hygrometer?

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Pick the right pit stop to win the race. The amount of heat in the air The amount of water vapor in the air What is humidity?

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Congratulations! You’ve Completed the First Race! Click here to go to your final race to win the Academic Cup.

Indianapolis 500 INDIANAPOLIS 500 Click on the key to start

Pick the right pit stop to win the race. A huge body of air which all has similar temperature and moisture Particles of air pressing down on the Earth's surface What is air mass?

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Pick the right pit stop to win the race. What is the name of the instrument used to measure wind speed anemometer barometer

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Pick the right pit stop to win the race. What is the name of the clouds that are wispy, are at high-altitude and are made up of ice crystals cumulus cirrus

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Pick the right pit stop to win the race. Particles of air pressing down on the Earth's surface A huge body of air which all has similar temperature and moisture What is air pressure?

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Pick the right pit stop to win the race. cumulonimbus cumulus The name of the p uffy cotton-ball clouds that begin to form when water droplets condense at middle altitudes

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Congratulations! You’ve Won the Trophy! THE WINNER’S CIRCLE