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Atmosphere Water in the Air
Air Masses and Fronts
Severe Weather
Pollution clouds
The atmosphere is made up of mostly ______.
A 100
Nitrogen
A 100
What force causes the Earth to have an atmosphere?
A 200
Gravity
A 200
What % of the atmosphere is Oxygen?
A 300
21%
A 300
What are the 2 highest layers of the atmosphere?
A 400
Mesosphere and Thermosphere
A 400
Auroras are caused by electrically charged particles
found in the ________.
A 500
Ionisphere
A 500
_______ is the amount of water vapor in the air.
B 100
Humidity
B 100
List the 5 types of precipitation
B 200
Rain, Snow, Sleet, Hail, and Freezing Rain
B 200
List the 4 steps of the water cycle
B 300
Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation,
Groundwater/Runoff
B 300
The temperature at which the air becomes saturated is the
_____ ________.
B 400
Dew Point
B 400
What is the tool used to measure relative humidity?
B 500
psychrometer
B 500
A Continental Tropical air mass means the air would be
_______ & _______.
C 100
Dry and Warm
C 100
When a cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass, and the warm air is forced
quickly upward
C 200
Cold Front
C 200
When a warm air mass meets a cold air mass, and neither
one moves
C 300
Stationary Front
C 300
DAILY DOUBLE
C 400
DAILY DOUBLE
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When two cold air masses meet and force a warm air mass between them to rise
quickly upward
C 400
Occluded Front
C 400
Which type of front is associated with large amounts
of rain and snow?
C 500
Occluded Front
C 500
What type of cloud produces a thunderstorm?
D 100
Cumulonimbus
D 100
In order to be considered a hurricane, winds must reach
_____ km/hr
D 200
120
D 200
The most common type of lightning is __________
D 300
Cloud to cloud
D 300
For a thunderstorm to be considered SEVERE, the
winds must reach _______.
D 400
89 km/hr
D 400
What is the name of the scale used to rank tornadoes by diameter and wind speed?
D 500
Fujita Scale
D 500
What are the 2 types of pollutants?
E 100
Primary and secondary
E 100
What is formed when ozone and vehicle exhaust react
with sunlight?
E 200
smog
E 200
List 5 sources of indoor air pollution?
E 300
Dry cleaning, faulty furnaces, cleaning chemicals, furniture,
Gasoline
E 300
The increase of soil’s acidity is ______.
E 400
acidification
E 400
In 1970, Congress passed the _________ that gives the ________ the authority to control the amount of air
pollutants that can be released from any source
E 500
Clean Air Act – Environmental Protection
Agency
E 500
A low puffy cloud
F 100
cumulus
F 100
A low stretched out cloud
F 200
stratus
F 200
A high cloud that is wispy
F 300
cirrus
F 300
The term “alto” means
F 400
Medium Height
F 400
What term means is or will produce precipitation?
F 500
nimbus
F 500
The Final Jeopardy Category is:
Layers of the Atmosphere
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Which layer is the densest, and contains almost 90% of the
atmosphere’s mass
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Troposphere
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