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Start GameWelcome to NOAA Jeopardy!

100 1 Weather Safety Ga me Boa rd Final Stops music Board fill 100 Clouds, Water Cycle, Precip, Acid Rain Weather Fcsting Careers“Grab Bag” Intro to Weather

R1C1 Rain Gauge timer

R1C1A What measures precipitation? timer 100

R2C1 Statistics of weather timer

R2C1A What is climate? timer 200

R3C1 Anemometer timer

R3C1A What measures wind speed? timer 300

R4C1 Meteorology timer

R4C1A What is the study of weather called? timer 400

R5C1 Wind Vane timer

R5C1A What indicates wind direction? timer 500

R1C2 A hurricane, a blizzard, a thunderstorm timer

R1C2A What are examples of severe weather? timer 100

R2C2 timer Over a 10-year average, more people die from these at beaches than from hurricanes

R2C2A What are rip currents? timer 200

R3C2 Nature’s most dangerous weather event with swirling winds that can reach speeds over 200mph timer

R3C2A What is a tornado? timer 300

R4C2 You’re outside at a soccer game and you hear thunder timer

R4C2A timer 400 What is get into your car?

R5C2 Katrina timer

R5C2A What is the hurricane that hit New Orleans in 2005? timer 500

R1C3 The process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas timer

R1C3A What is evaporation? timer 100

R2C3 A very low cloud that actually touches the Earth’s surface timer

R2C3A What is fog? timer 200

R3C3 This type of cloud is often called “Mare’s Tails” and is made up of ice crystals timer

R3C3A What is cirrus? timer 300

R4C3 timer A cloud that is capable of producing severe weather – including hail, strong winds, and possible tornadoes

R4C3A What is a cumulonimbus cloud? timer 400

R5C3 timer This state has suffered the most from acid rain

R5C3A What is New York? timer 500

R1C4 This type of cloud is found in areas of light, steady precipitation timer

R1C4A What are stratus clouds? timer 100

R2C4 timer This kind of air mass is found in the warm sector of a low pressure system

R2C4A What is a warm and tropical air mass or maritime, tropical air mass? timer 200

R3C4 This type of vertical air motion is needed to form clouds and precipitation timer

R3C4A What is upward motion? timer 300

R4C4 This type of front has the steepest vertical slope timer

R4C4A What is a cold front? timer 400

R5C4 Why cold air sinks relative to warm air timer

R5C4A timer 500 What is because it’s heavier (or denser) than warm air?

R1C5 Studies and predicts movement of water (e.g., floods) timer

R1C5A What is a hydrologist? timer 100

R2C5 Weather maps for this industry show icing and turbulence timer

R2C5A What is aviation? timer 200

R3C5 Flies airplanes into the eye of a hurricane timer

R3C5A What is a Hurricane Hunter pilot? timer 300

R4C5 Weather career that requires a doctoral degree timer

R4C5A What is an atmospheric researcher? timer 400

R5C5 The largest employer of meteorologists in the United States timer

R5C5A What is NOAA/National Weather Service? timer 500

R1C6 Causes more deaths in the United States than all other types of weather combined timer

R1C6A What is heat? timer 100

R2C6 State with highest lightning fatalities timer

R2C6A What is Florida? timer 200

R3C6 Turn around, don’t drown timer

R3C6A What should you do if you see a flooded road up ahead? timer 300

R4C6 Safest place to be when lightning strikes timer

R4C6A What is in a building? timer 400

R5C6A What is a radiosonde? timer

Daily Double Place wager Press to show clue

Daily Double Clue Measures atmospheric temperature, pressure, and humidity

Final Jeopardy History Show Clue Place Wagers and then press

Final Jeopar dy Clue Click mouse to start timer The father of meteorology

Who was Aristotle? timer

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