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The atmosphere is made up of mostly ______. A 100

Nitrogen A 100

What force causes the Earth to have an atmosphere? A 200

Gravity A 200

What % of the atmosphere is Oxygen? A 300

21% A 300

What are the 2 highest layers of the atmosphere? A 400

Mesosphere and Thermosphere A 400

Auroras are caused by electrically charged particles found in the ________. A 500

Ionisphere A 500

_______ is the amount of water vapor in the air. B 100

Humidity B 100

List the 5 types of precipitation B 200

Rain, Snow, Sleet, Hail, and Freezing Rain B 200

List the 4 steps of the water cycle B 300

Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Groundwater/Runoff B 300

The temperature at which the air becomes saturated is the _____ ________. B 400

Dew Point B 400

What is the tool used to measure relative humidity? B 500

psychrometer B 500

A Continental Tropical air mass means the air would be _______ & _______. C 100

Dry and Warm C 100

When a cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass, and the warm air is forced quickly upward C 200

Cold Front C 200

When a warm air mass meets a cold air mass, and neither one moves C 300

Stationary Front C 300

DAILY DOUBLE C 400 DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager

When two cold air masses meet and force a warm air mass between them to rise quickly upward C 400

Occluded Front C 400

Which type of front is associated with large amounts of rain and snow? C 500

Occluded Front C 500

What type of cloud produces a thunderstorm? D 100

Cumulonimbus D 100

In order to be considered a hurricane, winds must reach _____ km/hr D 200

120 D 200

The most common type of lightning is __________ D 300

Cloud to cloud D 300

For a thunderstorm to be considered SEVERE, the winds must reach _______. D 400

89 km/hr D 400

What is the name of the scale used to rank tornadoes by diameter and wind speed? D 500

Fujita Scale D 500

What are the 2 types of pollutants? E 100

Primary and secondary E 100

What is formed when ozone and vehicle exhaust react with sunlight? E 200

smog E 200

List 5 sources of indoor air pollution? E 300

Dry cleaning, faulty furnaces, cleaning chemicals, furniture, Gasoline E 300

The increase of soil’s acidity is ______. E 400

acidification E 400

In 1970, Congress passed the _________ that gives the ________ the authority to control the amount of air pollutants that can be released from any source E 500

Clean Air Act – Environmental Protection Agency E 500

A low puffy cloud F 100

cumulus F 100

A low stretched out cloud F 200

stratus F 200

A high cloud that is wispy F 300

cirrus F 300

The term “alto” means F 400

Medium Height F 400

What term means is or will produce precipitation? F 500

nimbus F 500

The Final Jeopardy Category is: Layers of the Atmosphere Please record your wager. Click on screen to begin

Which layer is the densest, and contains almost 90% of the atmosphere’s mass Click on screen to continue

Troposphere Click on screen to continue

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