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Jeopardy Life Science

Variety Among Living Things Plants and Animals Classified Classification Systems The 6 Kingdoms Capture the Chapter Mr. Schmidt’s Brain Jeopardy

Variety Among Living Things for 200 This is a characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment.

Variety Among Living Things for 400 This is a groups whose members can reproduce and make offspring that can reproduce.

Variety Among Living Things for 600 There are fewer vertebrates than ____________________.

Variety Among Living Things for 800 This is the region of Earth that supports life.

Plants and Animals Classified for 200 This type of plant has vascular tissue which allows it to transport water through tubes.

Plants and Animals Classified for 400 This type of plant does not have vascular tissue and must pass water from cell to cell.

Plants and Animals Classified for 600 These are vascular seed plants that do not produce flowers or fruit.

Plants and Animals Classified for 800 The hard shell of a snail is an _________________ that helps it survive.

Classification Systems for 200 This is the grouping of organisms by similar features.

Classification Systems for 400 There are this many levels of classification.

Classification Systems for 600 This is the level of classification that contains organisms which are most similar to each other.

Classification Systems for 800 This group of vertebrate animals has the most species.

The 6 Kingdoms for 200 These are single-celled organisms without a nucleus.

The 6 Kingdoms for 400 Today, there are this many kingdoms in the most common classification system.

The 6 Kingdoms for 600 These are many-celled, plant-like organisms that do not make seeds

The 6 Kingdoms for 800 These two kingdoms contain organisms that do not have a nucleus.

Capture the Chapter for 200 These are vascular seed plants that produce flowers and fruit.

Capture the Chapter for 400 This is the name for the phylum of vertebrate animals.

Capture the Chapter for 600 These are the levels of classification from largest to smallest.

Capture the Chapter for 800 These are the three kingdoms that contain many-celled organisms.

Mr. Schmidt’s Brain for 200 This is an organism that is many-celled and uses sunlight to make food.

Mr. Schmidt’s Brain for 400 This organism has spiny leaves and a thick stem which are adaptations that allow it to live in the desert. This organism has spiny leaves and a thick stem which are adaptations that allow it to live in the desert.

Mr. Schmidt’s Brain for 600 This group of organisms includes corals, jellyfish, and anemones.

Mr. Schmidt’s Brain for 800 This tool is used by scientists to identify unknown organisms.

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Air Masses for 400 The two characteristics of air masses are ___________ and __________.

Air Masses for 800 A _______________ ______________ air mass is a hot, dry air mass that forms in the dry areas of the Southwest and northern Mexico.

Air Masses for 1200 Air masses in the United States are commonly moved by the _________ _________ and jet stream.

Air Masses for 1600 The jet stream blows from __________ to ___________ and carries storms along the way.

Fronts for 400 A(n) ______________ front forms when a rapidly moving cold air mass runs into a slowly moving warm air mass.

Fronts for 800 ________________ are low-pressure centers.

Fronts for 1200 The _______________ of fronts is important for predicting weather because weather occurs where fronts meet.

Fronts for 1600 When two air masses meet and form a front, the air mass that ___________ the front will determine the type of weather the area will have.

Storms for 400 This is the name of the sound you hear after you see lightning.

Storms for 800 This is a major danger during severe thunderstorms when there is a lot of precipitation.

Storms for 1200 The lightning can warm the air around it to as much as 30,000 degrees Celsius which is much hotter than the ________________’s surface.

Storms for 1600 This object forms when lightning strikes sand or sandy soil.

Tornadoes and Hurricanes for 400 A tornado _____________ means that a tornado has been spotted on the ground or on radar.

Tornadoes and Hurricanes for 800 A ________________ begins as a tropical disturbance.

Tornadoes and Hurricanes for 1200 Hurricanes don’t form over the northern Atlantic Ocean because the water is too ___________________.

Tornadoes and Hurricanes for 1600 The safest place to be during a _______________ is in a storm shelter or the basement of a well-built building.

Weather Forecasting for 400 Meteorologists use _______________, _____________ and _____________ to analyze weather data and to prepare weather forecasts.

Weather Forecasting for 800 On a weather map symbol, the filled in circle means the station has ___________________ cloud cover.

Weather Forecasting 1200 The two areas in which there have been technological improvements are ___________ ___________ and using computers.

Weather Forecasting for 1600 What will the weather be like in a city of the northern part of the United States if a warm, moist front moves through it?

Capture the Chapter for 400 One of the tools meteorologists use to capture pictures of weather from space is a _____________________.

Capture the Chapter for 800 This is a ‘dome’ of water that sweeps across the coast where the hurricane lands.

Capture the Chapter for 1200 ________________ and decreasing air pressure are associated with clouds, winds, and precipitation.

Capture the Chapter for 1600 Tornadoes are rated on the Fujita scale. The highest rated tornadoes are ranked as __________________.

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