Weather Unit Review

Final Jeopardy Water Cycle Clouds Severe Weather Instruments Changes & Predictions 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50

Water Cycle – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: HOME This phase of the water cycle is when liquid water on Earth becomes a gas. ANSWER: Evaporation HOME

Water Cycle – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: HOME If precipitation falls on land surfaces, it attempts to return to the ocean or lakes as runoff. What is this area called? (double points for BOTH words) ANSWER: Collection Storage HOME

Water Cycle – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: HOME After condensation occurs, this is any form of water that falls from the clouds in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail. ANSWER: Precipitation HOME

Water Cycle – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: HOME List all 4 steps of the Water Cycle in order ANSWER: Evaporation – Condensation – Precipitation - Collection HOME

Water Cycle – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: HOME This phase of the Water Cycle results from the cooling of air temperature ANSWER: Condensation HOME

Clouds – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: HOME Clouds are formed when water vapor in the air rises, cools, and condenses, forming ___________. ANSWER: Water Droplets HOME

Clouds – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: HOME High, thin, wispy clouds. They are formed mostly of ice crystals. These types of clouds are associated with fair weather ANSWER: Cirrus HOME

Clouds – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: HOME Layers of clouds that spread out covering a large area. These clouds are low in the sky ANSWER: Stratus HOME

Clouds – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: HOME Puffy, lumpy-looking clouds often with a flat bottom. When these types of clouds are dark, they normally bring rain. ANSWER: Cumulus HOME

Clouds – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: HOME Clouds form during this stage of the water cycle ANSWER: Condensation HOME

Severe Weather – 10 Points QUESTION: A small, funnel-shaped cloud that comes down from a storm cloud with winds spinning at very high speeds. The high winds can tear apart buildings ANSWER: Tornado HOME

Severe Weather – 20 Points QUESTION: A severe storm with lightning, thunder, heavy rain and strong winds. Hail may also form. Effects are: heavy rains causing floods, lightning causing fires, strong winds can blow over trees or power lines. ANSWER: Thunderstorm HOME

Severe Weather – 30 Points QUESTION: A large storm that forms over warm ocean water with very strong winds that blow in a circular pattern around the center, or eye, of the storm. ANSWER: Hurricane HOME

Severe Weather – 40 Points QUESTION: To maintain safety, during a thunderstorm, you should ___________, ____________, and do not ____________. ANSWER: Stay inside, stay out of the water, stand under trees HOME

Severe Weather – 50 Points QUESTION: To maintain safety, during a tornado, you should find a safe place away from ________; if you cannot find shelter lie flat in a _______ and do not__________. ANSWER: Windows, ditch (or low place), stay in your car HOME

Instruments – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: HOME A _________ measures the amount of precipitation. ANSWER: Rain Gauge HOME

Instruments – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: HOME This instrument measures humidity. ANSWER: Hygrometer HOME

Instruments – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: HOME This instrument measures air pressure. ANSWER: Barometer HOME

Instruments – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: HOME This instrument measures wind speed. ANSWER: Anemometer HOME

Instruments – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: HOME This instrument measure wind direction. ANSWER: Wind (weather) vane HOME

Changes & Predictions – 10 Points QUESTION: This is how hot or cold the air is at a given time. ANSWER: Temperature HOME

Changes & Predictions – 20 Points QUESTION: This is how fast the wind is moving AND where the wind is coming from. (Double Points for both words) ANSWER: Wind Speed & Wind Direction HOME

Changes & Predictions – 30 Points QUESTION: Type your question in here relating to Topic 5. As the Points get higher make questions harder. ANSWER: (type answer here) HOME

Changes & Predictions – 40 Points QUESTION: (double point for both answers) When a warm front passes over an area, the air temperature ______________. When a cold front passes over an area, the air temperature ________________. ANSWER: Increases Decreases HOME

Changes & Predictions – 50 Points QUESTION: This person interprets information from a variety of sources and uses those sources to make predictions. The information they use is shown on a weather map. ANSWER: Meteorologist HOME

Final Jeopardy - Method Place your bets. Question: List all six steps of the Scientific Method in order. Ask a Question Form a Hypothesis Plan a Procedure Conduct an Experiment Record the Data State a Conclusion