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6. Category One for $200 Click here to check your answer The air we breathe is mostly a. Oxygen b. Carbon dioxide c. Zone d. Nitrogen

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8. How much of the atmosphere is oxygen? a. 21% b. 78% c. 35% d. 50% Category One for $300 Click here to check your answer

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10. Category One for $400 Click here to check your answer Why is air pressure greatest at the surface of the earth? a. Because of the pressure of oxygen b. Because gravity pulls gas molecules toward the surface c. Because of the weight of ice crystals d. Because of pollution

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14. The ozone layer is found in the a. Thermosphere b. Mesosphere c. Troposphere d. Stratosphere Category Two for $100 Click here to check your answer

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20. Category Two for $400 Click here to check your answer Conduction is the transfer of energy a. by the circulation of gases and liquids b. As electromagnetic waves c. As heat through material d. To the atmosphere

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22. Category Two for $500 Click here to check your answer Convection is the transfer of energy a. By the circulation of gases or liquids b. As electromagnetic waves c. As heat through material d. To the atmosphere

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24. Category Three for $100 Click here to check your answer Global warming maybe caused by a. Decrease in greenhouse gases b. Increase in greenhouse gases c. Escape of thermal energy d. Escape of radiation

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27. Winds occurs because of differences in __________ Category Three for $200 Click here to check your answer

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35. What is the greatest problem created by the ozone hole? a. It allows more UV rays to reach the earth’s atmosphere b. It allows more UV rays to reach the earth’s surface c. It allows more UV rays to escape the earth’s atmosphere d. It does not allow enough UV rays tor each earth’s surface. Category Four for $100 Click here to check your answer

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37. Category Four for $200 Air pressure decreases as what increase? a. Altitude b. Radiation c. Water vapor d. Pollution Click here to check your answer

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39. When you pick up a hot cup, heat is transferred from the cup to your hand by _____________. Greenhouse effect Coriolis Effect conduction wind Category Four for $300 Click here to check your answer

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41. Zone and smog are examples of ____________ pollutants. secondary Coriolis Effect conduction wind Category Four for $400 Click here to check your answer

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43. The _________________ is caused by gases in the atmosphere that absorb radiation and transfer heat. Greenhouse effect Coriolis Effect wind Category Four for $500 Click here to check your answer

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45. Category Five for $100 Winds in the Northern Hemisphere traveling north curve to the east, and winds traveling south curve to the west due to the _________________. Greenhouse effect Coriolis Effect wind Click here to check your answer

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47. Middle layer of the atmosphere a. Stratosphere b. Thermosphere c. Mesosphere d. Troposphere Category Five for $200 Click here to check your answer

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49. Sphere of the atmosphere where gases are layered a. Stratosphere b. Thermosphere c. Mesosphere d. Troposphere Category Five for $300 Click here to check your answer

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53. Layer of the atmosphere closest to earth’s surface a. Stratosphere b. Thermosphere c. Mesosphere d. troposphere Category Five for $500 Click here to check your answer

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56. Category One for $200 ____ radar is used in TV weather report to track precipitation Click here to check your answer

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60. Movement of Earth around the sun Category One for $600 Click here to check your answer

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62. Category One for $800 Spinning of earth in its axis Click here to check your answer

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66. Liquid water that freezes before it hits the ground Category Two for $200 Click here to check your answer

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72. Look like flat sheets of clouds Category Two for $800 Click here to check your answer

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74. Indicates and measures temperature Category Two for $1000 Click here to check your answer

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76. Sound from the rapid expansion of air along the lightning strike Category Three for $200 Click here to check your answer

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78. Brief, heavy storm that consists of rain, strong winds, lightning and thunder Category Three for $400 Click here to check your answer

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80. Category Three for $600 Midwest part of the US where most tornadoes form because large air masses and warm air masses collide Click here to check your answer

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86. -Rapidly rotating column of rising air Category Four for $200 Click here to check your answer

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88. Category Four for $400 Condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place Click here to check your answer

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90. Air mass that forms over land Category Four for $600 Click here to check your answer

91. continental Back to Jeopardy Board Category Four for $600

92. Four types of fronts Category Four for $800 Click here to check your answer

93. warm., cold, stationary, occluded Back to Jeopardy Board Category One for $800

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95. Differentiate climate from weather Category Four for $1000 Click here to check your answer

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97. Category Five for $200 The climate zone between the tropics and polar zone Click here to check your answer

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102. The biome that has an acidic soil Category Five for $600 Click here to check your answer

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106. In this biome, mosses and lichens cover rocks Category Five for $1000 Click here to check your answer

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108. Final Jeopardy answer

109. This refers to tree tops in tropical rain forest Final Jeopardy Click here to check your answer

110. canopy Back to Jeopardy Board Final Jeopardy