Weather and

Atmosphere

Weather Instrument

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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.