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4. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Radiation Conduction Local Winds Global Winds The Greenhouse Effect $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Round 2 Final Jeopardy Scores Convection

5. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 This is what happens to the sun’s ultraviolet radiation when it strikes the Earth’s surface.

6. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 The UV rays are absorbed a reradiated as infrared waves or heat waves. Scores Ultra Violet Radiation Infrared Radiation

7. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Radiation is the only form of heat transfer that can do this.

8. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Transfer heat through empty space. Scores

9. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Comparing soil to water, this one heats up and cools down on a daily basis.

10. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Soil Scores

11. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 The dashed-line on the graph below represents this.

12. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Scores The heating and cooling rates of water over a 20 minute period.

13. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Radiation heats substances. Temperature is actually a measure of this.

14. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Scores The kinetic energy of the molecules in a substance. High kinetic energy of molecules, means higher temperature.

15. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 For heat to be transferred by conduction, the substances must be in:

16. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 In contact with each other Scores

17. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 During conduction, heat is always transferred in this direction.

18. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 From the hotter substance to the cooler substance. Scores

19. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 For this reason, heat is conducted the fastest when substances first touch.

20. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Because the temperatures of the substances are the most different at that time. Scores

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22. $400 The ice on the aluminum block melts faster than the ice on the plastic block for this reason.

23. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Because aluminum is a metal, and metals have high heat conductivities. In other words, metals conduct heat very well. Scores

24. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 These Styrofoam cups with lids are used to monitor the temperature change of a liquid.

25. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Calorimeters Scores

26. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 These are defined as horizontal movements of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.

27. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Scores Winds

28. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 The burning tea candle in the base of chimney B creates this type of pressure system. A B

29. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Low Pressure Scores

30. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Temperature differences within fluids create differences in this property, causing convection to occur.

31. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Density Scores

32. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Where a wind is created in the diagram below. BA

33. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 In the tube that connects the two convection chimneys. Scores

34. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Convection is the transfer of heat throughout these.

35. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Scores Fluids

36. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 This causes local winds to form.

37. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Unequal Heating of the Earth’s Surface Scores

38. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 This scientific instrument is used to measure wind speed.

39. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 An Anemometer Scores

40. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Whether a sea breeze or a land breeze exists, depends upon this.

41. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 The time of day. Sea breezes happen during the day when the sun is out, while land breezes happen in the evening after the sun goes down. Scores

42. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 These local winds occur during the day when mountain slopes heat up faster than the valleys below them. Low pressure High pressure

43. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Valley Breezes Scores

44. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Local winds form as a result of these. Examples are bodies of water or mountains.

45. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Scores Local Geologic Features

46. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 This “effect” causes global wind currents to bend or be deflected because the Earth is rotating on its axis.

47. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 The Coriolis Effect Scores

48. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 The Sahara, the Earth’s largest desert, is located in the northern hemisphere and is subjected to these dry winds.

49. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 The Trade Winds Scores

50. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 This type of ecosystem exists in the “Doldrums,” a belt of low pressure along the equator.

51. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Tropical Rain Forests Scores

52. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 These winds push weather systems from west to east across the United States.

53. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 The Prevailing Westerlies Scores

54. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Found at high altitudes between 7-16 Km, these high-speed wind currents blow from west to east influencing the movement of air masses.

55. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Jet Streams Scores

56. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 These produce long-lasting industrial gases that do not occur naturally, yet contribute significantly to the greenhouse effect and global warming.

57. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Scores Factories

58. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 These are carried by animals or insects and will become more widespread as warmer conditions expand their range. Examples of these include Malaria and West Nile Virus.

59. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Scores Diseases

60. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Most power plants burn coal to turn turbines to drive generators that convert energy of motion into this.

61. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Scores Electricity

62. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 This type of precipitation forms when nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides combine with rainwater to create weak acids that lower the pH of streams, rivers, ponds, and lakes.

63. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Scores Acid Rain

64. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 It is this chemical compound that causes global warming.

65. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Scores Carbon Dioxide (CO 2 ) Carbon Dioxide (CO 2 )