2. THIS IS
Jeopardy

3. With
Your
Host...
Mrs. Walsh

4. Jeopardy A-
Water on
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Weather
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Water Cycle D-
Air Masses E-
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5. How much of Earth’s surface is water?
B- 1/2
C- 3/4
D- 7/8
A 100

6. How much of Earth’s surface is water?

7. How are ocean water and fresh water different?
A- Oceans are warmer than freshwater.
B- Ocean water is salty and fresh water is not.
C- Freshwater has minerals in it and ocean water does not.
A 200

8. How are ocean water and fresh water different?
B- Ocean water is salty and fresh water is not.
A 200

9. Why is the Baltic Sea less salty than other seas?
A- Water travels quickly through the Baltic Sea.
B- Deserts surround the Baltic Sea.
C- The Baltic Sea is in a warm place.
D- Many rivers flow into the Baltic Sea.
A 300

10. Why is the Baltic Sea less salty than other seas?
D- Many rivers flow into the Baltic Sea.
A 300

11. What fraction of Earth’s water is usable fresh water?
D- 1/100
A 400

12. What fraction of Earth’s water is usable fresh water?
D- 1/100
A 400

13. Where does the salt found in oceans come from?
A- the salt shaker
B- material dissolved from rocks and soils
C- oceans
D- evaporating salt water
A 500

14. Where does the salt found in oceans come from?
B- material dissolved from rocks and soils
A 500

15. What can you use to measure wind speed?
A- barometer
B- thermometer
C- wind vane
D- anemometer
B 100

16. What can you use to measure wind speed?
D- anemometer
B 100

17. Which of these will measure air pressure?
A- humidity
B- anemometer
C- barometer
D- thermometer
B 200

18. Which of these will measure air pressure?
C- barometer
B 200

19. What tool can measure wind direction?
A – wind vane
B- anemometer
C- thermometer
D- barometer
B 300

20. What tool can measure wind direction?
A – wind vane
B 300

21. DAILY DOUBLE
DAILY DOUBLE

22. A- We will enter an ice age. B- The polar ice caps might melt.
What might happen if Earth’s average temperature increases by a few degrees?
A- We will enter an ice age.
B- The polar ice caps might melt.
C- There will be more salt water.
D- There will be more fossil fuels.
B 400

23. B- The polar ice caps might melt.
What might happen if Earth’s average temperature increases by a few degrees?
B- The polar ice caps might melt.
B 400

24. What do curved lines on a weather map represent?
A- areas with hills
B- areas with clouds
C- areas with similar air pressure
D- areas with thunderstorms
B 500

25. What do curved lines on a weather map represent?
C- areas with similar air pressure
B 500

26. What is the Sun’s role in the energy cycle?
A- Water evaporates in the Sun’s warmth.
B- The sun makes water particles slow down.
C- The Sun’s warmth changes water from a gas to a liquid.
C 100

27. What is the Sun’s role in the energy cycle?
A- Water evaporates in the Sun’s warmth.
C 100

28. A- rain becoming water vapor when it warms
What is condensation?
A- rain becoming water vapor when it warms
B- ice becoming liquid as it warms
C- water vapor becoming liquid water as it cools
D- rain becoming ice when it cools
C 200

29. C- water vapor becoming liquid water as it cools
What is condensation?
C- water vapor becoming liquid water as it cools
C 200

30. A- Air pressure will be lower at the top.
How will air at the top of a mountain be different than air at the base of the mountain?
A- Air pressure will be lower at the top.
B- Air pressure will be higher at the top.
C- Air at the top will be denser.
D- Air at the top will contain less mass.
C 300

31. A- Air pressure will be lower at the top.
How will air at the top of a mountain be different than air at the base of the mountain?
A- Air pressure will be lower at the top.
C 300

32. Which best describes the water cycle?
A- the movement of water between land and water
B- the movement of water between Earth’s surface and the atmosphere
C- the movement of clouds in the atmosphere
C 400

33. Which best describes the water cycle?
B- the movement of water between Earth’s surface and the atmosphere
C 400

34. A- evaporation B- condensation C- precipitation D- storage
What is the stage of the water cycle when water sinks into the soil and underground pores in rocks?
A- evaporation
B- condensation
C- precipitation
D- storage
C 500

35. What is the stage of the water cycle when water sinks into the soil and underground pores in rocks?
D- storage
C 500

36. What happens when moist air rises?
A- The moist air warms and water evaporates from the air.
B- The moist air cools and is able to store more precipitation.
C- The moist air cools and the water vapor condenses into clouds.
D 100

37. What happens when moist air rises?
C- The moist air cools and the water vapor condenses into clouds.
D 100

38. DAILY DOUBLE
DAILY DOUBLE

39. What do the curving lines on this chart show?
A- areas with the same air pressure
B- areas of low pressure
C- areas of low and high temperatures
D 200

40. What do the curving lines on this chart show?
A- areas with the same air pressure
D 200

41. Which best describes air?
A- a force that presses gases toward Earth’s surface
B- a substance that surrounds Earth and takes up space
C- a substance with no mass that contains water vapor
D 300

42. Which best describes air?
B- a substance that surrounds Earth and takes up space
D 300

43. A- Air at the top will be denser.
How will the air at the top of the mountain be different from the air at the base of the mountain?
A- Air at the top will be denser.
B- Air pressure will be higher at the top.
C- Air pressure will be lower at the top.
D 400

44. C- Air pressure will be lower at the top.
How will the air at the top of the mountain be different from the air at the base of the mountain?
C- Air pressure will be lower at the top.
D 400

45. What happens when air hits an area of lower pressure?
A- The air moves toward the area of lower pressure.
B- Air that was moving comes to a standstill.
C- The particles in the air become more loosely packed.
D 500

46. What happens when air hits an area of lower pressure?
A- The air moves toward the area of lower pressure.
D 500

47. A- the amount of water in the air B- air pressure
What is humidity?
A- the amount of water in the air
B- air pressure
C- how strong the wind is
D- whether air pressure is rising or falling
E 100

48. A- the amount of water in the air
What is humidity?
A- the amount of water in the air
E 100

49. Which best describes stratus clouds?
A- low-lying white clouds
B- clouds high in the sky
C- high, white and puffy clouds that may appear in good weather
D- clouds close to the ground that often bring rain or snow
E 200

50. Which best describes stratus clouds?
D- clouds close to the ground that often bring rain or snow
E 200

51. Why do you often see clouds along a cold front?
A- Cold air makes the clouds visible.
B- Cold air moves the warm air to form clouds.
C- Clouds are left from the warm front.
D- Water vapor in the cooling air turns into clouds.
E 300

52. Why do you often see clouds along a cold front?
D- Water vapor in the cooling air turns into clouds.
E 300

53. What can scientists look at to study past climates?
A- tree rings
B- Earth’s crust
C- ice core samples
D- all of the above
E 400

54. What can scientists look at to study past climates?
A- tree rings
B- Earth’s crust
C- ice core samples
D- all of the above
E 400

55. A- It creates a cold front. B- It creates a warm front.
What happens when a cold air mass meets a warm air mass that is not moving?
A- It creates a cold front.
B- It creates a warm front.
C- It causes evaporation.
D- The water cycle.
E 500

56. A- It creates a cold front.
What happens when a cold air mass meets a warm air mass that is not moving?
A- It creates a cold front.
E 500