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Weather and
Atmosphere
Weather Instrument
s
Clouds and
Precipitation
Air Masses
and Fronts
Extreme Weather
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3rd Quarter- 6th Grade Science Jeopardy- Test #2
10 points
Question: Identify the four characteristics of the weather.
Answer: Temperature, pressure, moisture, and wind
20 pointsQuestion: When air moves from areas of
high pressure to areas of low pressure, what is this called?
Answer: Wind
30 pointsQuestion: The state of the atmosphere at
any specific time is known as…
Answer: Nitrogen = 78%Oxygen = 21%
40 pointsQuestion: Explain how the temperature of
air is affected by your position on Earth.
Answer: If you are closer to the north and south pole, it is cold. If you are closer to
the equator, it is warmer.
50 pointsQuestion: What causes the differences in
temperature on the Earth, which ultimately also creates the wind?
Answer: The uneven heating of Earth by the sun.
10 pointsQuestion: What are the two most common
units used to measure the temperature of the atmosphere?
Answer: Fahrenheit, Celsius
20 pointsQuestion: What does a rain gauge
measure?
Answer: The amount of liquid precipitation during a rain storm.
30 pointsQuestion: What does a sling psychrometer
measure and anemometer measure?
Answer: Sling Psychrometer = Relative Humidity
Anemometer = Wind Speed
40 pointsQuestion: How is a hygrometer different
than a slign psychrometer?
Answer: A sling psychrometer measure the humidity in the air relative to the temperature, while a hygrometer measures the absolute moisture.
50 pointsQuestion: Identify the weather instrument
and the units we learned about for those weather instruments.
Answer: mm/hr, millibars, fahrenheit, and knots
10 pointsQuestion: What does the word ‘cumulus’
describe about a cloud?
Answer: Shape
20 pointsQuestion: Identify the three types of cloud
shapes.
Answer: cumulus, stratus, and cirrus
30 pointsQuestion: What characteristic of the
atmosphere controls what type of precipitation falls?
Answer: Air temperature
40 pointsQuestion: How does the amount of time
precipitation lasts for in a cold front compare to that of a warm front?
Answer: Precipitation lasts for a short time in a cold front, and a long time in a warm
front.
50 pointsQuestion: Why does it rain?
Answer: When warm, moistj air rises over cool air, water vapor will undergo
condensation. As condensation continues, the water droplets inside of the cloud grow
too large and fall.
10 pointsQuestion: What are the two properties of
air masses?
Answer: moisture and temperature
20 pointsQuestion: What words are used to describe
the amount of moisture and temperature in an air mass?
Answer: Continental/Maritime, and Tropical/Polar
30 pointsQuestion: What type of front results when
two air masses slide past each other?
Answer: Stationary Front
40 pointsQuestion: Describe where each of the air
masses originates form, and what type of front might be associated with each: continental polar, martime tropical.
Answer:Continental Polar: over land at high latitude, and a
cold front
Maritime Tropical: over the ocean at lower latitude, and a warm front
50 pointsQuestion: In at least four unique ways,
how do cold front differ from warm fronts?
Answer: Temperature, precipitation, storms produced, duration of precipitation, shape
of front
10 pointsQuestion: What is two (2) ways hurricanes
different than tornadoes?
Answer: In size, shape, wind speed, area of formation
20 pointsQuestion: How many categories can
hurricanes be divided into?
Answer: Five (5)
30 pointsQuestion: As a cold air mass moves into an
area during a hot summe day, what happens to the warm air as thunderstorms
are created?
Answer: The warm air rises and condenses to form thunderstorm clouds
40 pointsQuestion: Identify at least four (4) of the five (5) severe weather hazards as stated
by the National Weather Service?
Answer: Hail, straight-line wind, lightning, floods, and tornadoes
50 pointsQuestion: Explain in detail the process
by which hail forms in a thunderstorm.
Answer: Rain gets sucked into an updraft in a powerful thunderstorm, and as it rises higher in the
atmosphere, it cools down and freezes. The frozen rain moves around in the cloud over and over again, and
layers form around it. When it gets too heavy foor the updrafts to hold it, it falls to the ground as a layered
ice ball.