1. Ozone Wind 3rd Quarter- 6th Grade Science Jeopardy- Test #1
Atmospheric Composition
Layers of the Atmosphere
Ozone
Water Cycle
Wind 10 20 30 40 50

2. 10 points
Question: Which two gases are most abundant in Earth’s atmosphere?
Answer: Nitrogen and Oxygen

3. Question: Identify three different gases in our atmosphere.
20 points
Question: Identify three different gases in our atmosphere.
Answer: Nitrogen, Oxygen, Water Vapor, Carbon Dioxide, Argon, Methane, Ozone

4. 30 points
Question: What is the percentage of nitrogen and oxygen in our atmosphere?
Answer: Nitrogen = 78%
Oxygen = 21%

5. 40 points
Question: Compared to the size of planet Earth, how might you describe our atmosphere?
Answer: The atmosphere is extremely thin, or small, compared to the Earth.

6. 50 points
Question: Identify the chemical formula for nitrogen, oxygen, water vapor, and methane.
Answer: Nitrogen = N2
Oxygen = O2
Water Vapor = H20
Methane = CH4

7. 10 points
Question: What is the lowest layer of atmosphere where that supports life?
Answer: Troposphere

8. 20 points
Question: Identify the layers of atmosphere in the order of decreasing altitude.
Answer: exosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, and troposphere

9. Question: Which layer of atmosphere do we find meteors burning up.
30 points
Question: Which layer of atmosphere do we find meteors burning up.
Answer: Mesosphere

10. Answer: The troposphere is thinner than any other layer of atmosphere.
40 points
Question: How does the thickness of the troposphere compare to the thickness of the other layers of atmosphere?
Answer: The troposphere is thinner than any other layer of atmosphere.

11. 50 points
Question: How does temperature vary in each layer of the atmosphere as you increase altitude?
Answer: It decreases with altitude in the troposphere and mesosphere, and increases with altitude in the stratosphere and thermosphere

12. Question: In what layer is the molecule ozone found?
10 points
Question: In what layer is the molecule ozone found?
Answer: Stratosphere

13. Answer: refrigerators, aerosol sprays, air conditioners
20 points
Question: CFCs were used in a variety of appliances, and have been linked to the destruction of ozone. Identify three appliances which used to release CFCs?
Answer: refrigerators, aerosol sprays, air conditioners

14. 30 points
Question: What type of radiation from the sun does the gas ozone block?
Answer: Ultraviolet

15. 40 points Question: What does CFC stand for?
Answer: Chlorofluorocarbons

16. 50 points
Question: The “hole” in the ozone layer tends to grow during what season and shrink during what season?
Answer: Grow nearing the winter months, and shrinks during the summer months

17. 10 points
Question: When heat energy is added to the ocean, pond, or the ground, which step of the water cycle?
Answer: Evaporation

18. Question: Identify the five steps of the water cycle.
20 points
Question: Identify the five steps of the water cycle.
Answer: Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, run-off, and accumulation

19. 30 points Question: Identify three types of precipitation
Answer: Rain, sleet, hail, snow

20. 40 points
Question: What property of the troposphere allows for the condensation of water vapor to form clouds?
Answer: As water vapor rises higher in the troposphere, it gets colder because it gets colder as you rise higher in that layer of the atmosphere.

21. Answer: Ocean, ponds, groundwater, rivers, lakes, ice caps, glaciers
50 points
Question: What are some places that water can accumulate into? Name at least three places.
Answer: Ocean, ponds, groundwater, rivers, lakes, ice caps, glaciers

22. Question: What causes global and surface winds?
10 points
Question: What causes global and surface winds?
Answer: the Sun

23. Answer: High pressure to low pressure
20 points
Question: Air always flows from areas of what pressure to what pressure?
Answer: High pressure to low pressure

24. Question: What are the very large scale wind systems on Earth called?
30 points
Question: What are the very large scale wind systems on Earth called?
Answer: Global winds

25. Answer: The Earth’s rotation
40 points
Question: The bending of the global winds as they flow is called the coriolis effect. What causes the global winds to not travel in a straight line?
Answer: The Earth’s rotation

26. 50 points
Question: Contrast the density and temperature of the sea and land during sea breeze and land breeze.
Answer: Land breeze is wind that comes from the land and sea breeze comes from the sea. The density of the air over the water is high