2. THIS IS
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3. With
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Mrs. Horvath

4. Jeopardy
Atmosphere
Gases in Air
Greenhouse Effect
Moving Air
Atmosphere Layers
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5. What surrounds Earth’s surface?

6. Air
A 100

7. What is the atmosphere compared to?

8. a blanket wrapped around Earth’s surface

9. What is the most plentiful gas found in the atmosphere?

10. Nitrogen
A 300

11. What is the second most plentiful gas found in the atmosphere?

12. Oxygen
A 400

13. About how many miles above Earth’s surface does the atmosphere reach?

14. 435 miles
A 500

15. All animals need this to breathe

16. Oxygen
B 100

17. What gas do plants need to make food?
B 200

18. Carbon Dioxide
B 200

19. What is water in the form of a gas?
B 300

20. water vapor
B 300

21. Air is made up of _____, takes up space, and has ______?
B 400

22. matter; weight / mass
B 400

23. What gas makes clouds and rainfall possible?

24. water vapor
B 500

25. Warm air ____, and cool air ______.

26. rises; sinks
C 100

27. What happens to the atmosphere during the Greenhouse Effect?

28. It warms up.
C 200

29. What happens after the sun/heat rays strike Earth’s surface?

30. The sun/heat rays rise into the atmosphere.
C 300

31. DAILY DOUBLE
DAILY DOUBLE
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C 400

32. What is happening in step 3 of the Greenhouse Effect displayed in the graphic source below.

33. Sun / heat rays escape into space.

34. When water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other gases trap sun/heat rays, what happens to the Earth’s atmosphere?
C 500

35. The atmosphere warms up.
C 500

36. What colors heat up more quickly? light colors or dark colors

37. dark colors
D 100

38. What is the movement of air over Earth’s surface?
D 200

39. wind
D 200

40. What causes wind?
D 300

41. the uneven heating of Earth’s surface
D 300

42. Land _____ heat faster than water.

43. loses
D 400

44. Water heats up _______ than land.

45. slower
D 500

46. How many layers are in the Earth’s atmosphere?

47. 4
E 100

48. What is only layer of the atmosphere that has weather and can support life?

49. troposphere
E 200

50. Are particles of warm air closer together or farther apart than particles of cooler air?

51. farther apart
E 300

52. In order to make a hot-air balloon rise, what does the pilot do to the air inside the balloon?

53. heats the air inside with a burner

54. When cooler air from over the water takes the place of warmer air over land what type of breeze occurs?
E 500

55. sea breeze
E 500

56. The Final Jeopardy Category is:
Weather
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Weather is the condition of a certain place and time. In Northampton, PA during the month of January, what is the most likely form of precipitation that may occur?
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snow or sleet
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