1. Atmosphere Jeopardy Review
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2. 1 - $100 What is the thin layer of gases that surround Earth?
Atmosphere

3. 1 - $200 Double
What is water in its gaseous form called?
Water vapor

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What is the atmospheric layer closest to Earth’s surface that planes and clouds are present in?
Troposphere

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What is the atmospheric layer directly above the troposphere that encompasses the ozone layer and weather balloons?
Stratosphere

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What is the area of the stratosphere with a high concentration of ozone which absorbs UV rays?
Ozone layer

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What is the region within the mesosphere and thermosphere that contains charged particles or ions which allow auroras to occur?
ionosphere

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What is the transfer of energy by waves and 99% if the radiant energy from Sun consists of visible light, UV light, and infrared?
Radiation

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What is the transfer of thermal energy by collisions between particles that are close together?
Conduction

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What is the transfer of thermal energy by the movement of particles within matter?
Convection

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What describes whether circulating air motions will be strong or weak?
Stability

12. 3 - $100 Triple
What occurs in the troposphere when temperature increases as altitude increases and a layer of cooler air is trapped by a layer of warmer air above it and can trap pollution in that air close to Earth’s surface?
Temperature Inversion

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What is the movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure?
Wind

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What are steady winds that flow from east to west between 30 N latitude and 30 S latitude that Florida experiences?
Trade winds

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What are steady winds that flow from west to east between latitudes 30 N and 60 N, and 30 S and 60 S?
Westerlies

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What are cold winds that blow from the east to the west near the North Pole and South Pole?
Polar easterlies

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What are the narrow band of high winds near the top of the troposphere that flow from west to east?
Jet Stream

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What is a wind that blows from the sea to the land due to local temperature and pressure differences?
Sea breeze

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What is a wind that blows from the land to the sea due to local temperature and pressure differences?
Land breeze

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What is the contamination of air by harmful substances including gases and smoke?
Air pollution

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What occurs when sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide combine with moisture in the atmosphere and form precipitation that has a low pH than normal rain water?
Acid precipitation

22. 5 - $100 Triple
What is air pollution that forms from the interaction of chemicals in the air and sunlight?
Photochemical smog

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What is a mixture of dust, acids, and other chemicals that can be hazardous to human health and create a haze?
Particulate matter

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What state of matter has a definite volume but no definite shape that can flow from one place to another?
liquid

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What does it mean to returns light, heat, or sound after it strikes a surface?
reflect

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What is it called when greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane gas, water vapor) trap the infrared energy from the Sun and direct it back to Earth?
Greenhouse effect

27. Final Jeopardy What is the mean of the following set:
35,17,29,48,36,10,5,23,5,17