1. Weather Jeopardy Q 1 Q 6 Q 11 Q 16 Q 21 Q 2 Q 7 Q 12 Q 17 Q 22 Q 3 Q 8
Water Cycle
Winds
Instruments
Clouds
Precipitation
Q 1
Q 6
Q 11
Q 16
Q 21
Q 2
Q 7
Q 12
Q 17
Q 22
Q 3
Q 8
Q 13
Q 18
Q 23
Q 4
Q 9
Q 14
Q 19
Q 24
Q 5
Q 10
Q 15
Q 20
Q 25
Final Jeopardy

2. Warm air rises and cool air sinks. This is called_____.
Question 1
Warm air rises and cool air sinks. This is called_____.

3. What is a convection current?
Answer 1
What is a convection current?

4. Warm air over land rises and is replaced by cool air from ocean
Question 2
Warm air over land rises and is replaced by cool air from ocean

5. Answer 2
What is a sea breeze?

6. Caused by differences in air pressure
Question 3
Caused by differences in air pressure

7. Answer 3
What is – wind?

8. This causes weather to move across the United States
Question 4
This causes weather to move across the United States

9. What is the prevailing westerlies?
Answer 4
What is the prevailing westerlies?

10. These are characterized by very weak winds
Question 5
These are characterized by very weak winds

11. Answer 5
Doldrums

12. Instrument which measures air pressure.
Question 6
Instrument which measures air pressure.

13. Answer 6
What is – a barometer ?

14. Instrument which measures precipitation.
Question 7
Instrument which measures precipitation.

15. Answer 7
What is – a rain gauge ?

16. Instrument which measures temperature .
Question 8
Instrument which measures temperature .

17. Answer 8
What is – a thermometer ?

18. Instrument which measures direction .
Question 9
Instrument which measures direction .

19. Answer 9
What is– a wind vane ?

20. Instrument which measures wind speed .
Question 10
Instrument which measures wind speed .

21. Answer 10
What is – anemometer ?

22. Feathery, fair-weather clouds .
Question 11
Feathery, fair-weather clouds .

23. Answer 11
What is – cirrus ?

24. Question 12
White, puffy clouds .

25. Answer 12
What is– cumulus ?

26. Question 13
Dark, puffy rain clouds .

27. Answer 13
What is – nimbus ?

28. Gray sky clouds, indicating drizzle .
Question 14
Gray sky clouds, indicating drizzle .

29. Answer 14
What is – stratus ?

30. Question 15
“Thunderhead” clouds .

31. Answer 15
What is – cumulonimbus ?

32. Process by which water becomes a gas (water vapor) .
Question 16
Process by which water becomes a gas (water vapor) .

33. Answer 16
What is – evaporation ?

34. Name given to rain, sleet, snow, & hail .
Question 17
Name given to rain, sleet, snow, & hail .

35. What is – precipitation ?
Answer 17
What is – precipitation ?

36. Process by which water becomes a liquid .
Question 18
Process by which water becomes a liquid .

37. Answer 18
What is – condensation ?

38. The form of precipitation which has layers of ice .
Question 19
The form of precipitation which has layers of ice .

39. Answer 19
What is – hail?

40. Process by which plants release water vapor into the air .
Question 20
Process by which plants release water vapor into the air .

41. What is– transpiration ?
Answer 20
What is– transpiration ?

42. Frozen precipitation melts and reaches the ground as ________.
Question 21
Frozen precipitation melts
and reaches the ground as
________.

43. Answer 21
What is – rain ?

44. Falls through cold air and reaches the surface
Question 22
Falls through cold air and reaches the surface

45. Answer 22
What is – snow ?

46. Question 23
Frozen precipitation melts in warm air. Rain falls and freezes on cold surfaces.

47. Answer 23
What is – freezing rain ?

48. Question 24
Frozen precipitation melts in shallow warm air. Refreezes into ______ before reaching the surface.

49. Answer 24
What is – sleet ?

50. Round pellets of ice that form when tossed back up into a
Question 25
Round pellets of ice that form
when tossed back up into a
cloud by an updraft

51. Answer 25
What is – hail?

52. The average distance jet stream are from the Earth’s surface
Final Jeopardy
The average distance jet stream
are from the Earth’s surface

53. Final Jeopardy Answer
What is 10 km?