Jeopardy T/F definitions Multiple Choice Hodge Podge Think and Explain $100 $200 $300 $400 $500

ANSWER Snow is a form of precipitation.

QUESTION True!!! So is rain, sleet, hail, and frost

ANSWER During a tornado you should stand near a window.

QUESTION False: the window could shatter and you could get hurt. You should go to an inside room without windows or to your basement.

ANSWER Evaporation is what happens when it is raining.

QUESTION False: Evaporation is when water turns from a liquid to a gas.

ANSWER A cumulus cloud brings fair weather.

QUESTION True!

ANSWER Condensation occurs in clouds.

QUESTION True! Condensation is the process in which a gas changes into a liquid.

ANSWER A very powerful storm that begins to form over warm, ocean water in the late summer that causes great damage over a large area of land is called a _________________.

QUESTION What is a hurricane?

ANSWER Rain, snow, sleet, hail and frost are all forms of ________________.

QUESTION What is precipitation?

ANSWER The process by which water is recycled (evaporation, condensation, precipitation).

QUESTION What is the water cycle?

ANSWER A fierce storm which winds whip around in a spiral motion that causes great destruction.

QUESTION What is a tornado?

ANSWER Low gray clouds that form like a blanket covering the sky.

QUESTION What are stratus clouds?

ANSWER Condensation is –A. Liquid changing to a solid –B. Solid changing to a liquid –C. Gas changing to a solid –D. Gas changing to a liquid

QUESTION What is a gas changing to a liquid? D

ANSWER A hurricane forms over a –A. 3 rd grade classroom –B. high mountain –C. warm ocean –D. a small pond in the woods

QUESTION C. What is a warm ocean?

ANSWER Which object measures the temperature outside. -A. a thermometer -B. a clock -C. a weather vane -D. a ruler

QUESTION A. What is a thermometer?

ANSWER Which item would you NOT need to keep safe and warm if a blizzard was coming? -A. a weather radio -B. flashlight -C. a T.V. -D. blankets

QUESTION B. If the power goes out the TV would not work. You need a weather radio to track the weather conditions, a flashlight if the power goes out and blankets to stay warm.

ANSWER If you are outside when a thunderstorm hits you should…. -A. go inside or seek shelter -B. stand under a tree -C. go swimming -D. stand near a telephone pole

QUESTION A. In a thunderstorm you should always seek shelter inside a building to keep safe.

ANSWER Name 3 types of precipitation

QUESTION What are rain, hail, sleet, snow and frost?

ANSWER Name something you SHOULD do to protect yourself during a tornado.

QUESTION Stay away from windows, go to the basement, go to an inside room, etc.

ANSWER What does warm air do? (think of where it is warmest in a 2 story house).

QUESTION Warm air rises over cold air so an attic or the upstairs of a house is always the warmest place!

ANSWER How do you turn a liquid into a gas?

QUESTION What is boil it?

ANSWER Describing something about an object by using your senses (red, short, tall, hard, soft) is describing one of the (mixture/properties) of that object.

QUESTION What are properties?

ANSWER Which of your senses can you use to determine some properties of a strawberry? Which sense would NOT help you?

QUESTION Sight, Touch, Smell, Taste You cannot “hear” a strawberry!!!

ANSWER Explain how a wood burning fireplace undergoes a chemical change.

QUESTION Wood burns and turns into ashes. You cannot change the ashes back into wood.

ANSWER What kind of change occurs when you boil water? What states of matter are involved?

QUESTION The water is heated and starts to boil. The liquid water turns into a gas

ANSWER A crayon has a mass of 30 grams. If it melted would the mass of the crayon change? Why or why not?

QUESTION The mass of the crayon would stay the SAME. The only thing that happened was that its state of matter changed. You did not add or take away any matter.

ANSWER Describe how a kind of matter evaporates. Use an ice cube as an example.

QUESTION An ice cube if left outside on a warm sunny day will begin to melt. After it melts it will continue to heat up and evaporate into the air.