1. Chapter Six Review Game Patterns in Earth’s Atmosphere
Sunken Millions
Chapter Six Review Game
Patterns in Earth’s Atmosphere
Copyright © 2002 Glenna R. Shaw and FTC Publishing
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Level One
Level One

3. $200 Water is found in three forms, or states.
Which of the following is not
one of the three states/forms?
A. solid
B. liquid
C. ice
D. gas
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4. What is the change of state from
a liquid to a gas called?
A. condensation
B. evaporation
C. melting
D. water vapor
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5. What is the changing from a
gas to a liquid called?
A. ice
B. water vapor
C. condensation
D. evaporation
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6. $800 Water is always moving between the
air and the earth like a circle.
What is the process called?
A. Water cycle
B. Precipitation
C. Condensation
D. Evaporation
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7. Rain, sleet, snow, and hail are
all examples of what?
A. Condensation
B. Evaporation
C. Water cycle
D. Precipitation
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Level Two
Level Two

9. Where do people in the United States use the most water?
A. Homes
B. Swimming Pools
C. In Factories and
Power Plants
D. On Farms
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10. What is the layers of air that cover Earth’s surface?
A. barometer
B. air pressure
C. water cycle
D. atmosphere
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11. Which of the following below is not a type of cloud?
A. Cumulus
B. Thunder Clouds
C. Stratus
D. Cumulonimbus
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12. $8000 Stratus clouds are _________________. thick, white, and fluffy
B. thin and wispy
C. heavy and gray
D. flat and layered
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13. The type of precipitation that falls depends on __________.
A. wind speed
B. temperature
C. wind direction
D. air pressure
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Level Three
Level Three

15. Which of the following is not a tool for measuring weather?
A. scale
B. thermometer
C. anemometer
D. rain gauge
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16. $40000 Meteorologists study and predict
weather using computers and _____________.
A. weather maps
B. scales
C. tool boxes
D. microscopes
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17. What is the average weather in a place over many years?
A. climate
B. equator
C. clouds
D. precipitation
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18. $80000 Generally, the farther a place is from
the equator, the ________________.
the warmer its
climate is
B. drier its
climate is
C. the colder its
climate is
D. wetter its
climate is
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19. What kind of climate do areas
near the equator have?
A. Cold climate
B. Tropical climate
C. Temperate climate
D. Polar climate
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Level Four
Level Four

21. Which tool for describing weather was most likely developed recently?
A. rain gauge
B. weather vane
C. satellite
D. anemometer
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22. $400000 What tool would a meteorologist use to
find out whether an area was having
a heat wave?
A. weather vane
B. thermometer
C. rain gauge
D. anemometer
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23. A few cirrus clouds in the sky most likely
mean the weather is?
A. Sunny and fair
B. Snowy and wet
C. Rainy and wet
D. Rainy with
thunderstorms
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24. Dew is an example of which of
the following below?
A. water vapor
B. precipitation
C. evaporation
D. condensation
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25. $1000000 In which of these climates would you
expect to find a rain gauge with the highest yearly
readings?
A. temperate
B. tropical
C. desert
D. polar $

26. You’ve recovered the sunken millions.
Congratulations!
You’ve recovered the sunken millions.