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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Where is air pressure greater – at the top of a mountain or at its base?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Scores Back to board Where is air pressure greater – at the top of a mountain or at its base? The base of a mountain Where is air pressure greater – at the top of a mountain or at its base? The base of a mountain

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What are the two gases that make up most of the Earth’s atmosphere?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Scores Back to board What are the two gases that make up most of the Earth’s atmosphere? nitrogen and oxygen Together they make up 99% of all the gases. What are the two gases that make up most of the Earth’s atmosphere? nitrogen and oxygen Together they make up 99% of all the gases.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 What does ozone gas in the atmosphere do that is helpful to living things?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Scores Back to board What does ozone gas in the atmosphere do that is helpful to living things? It blocks most of the ultraviolet radiation (UV) from the sun. What does ozone gas in the atmosphere do that is helpful to living things? It blocks most of the ultraviolet radiation (UV) from the sun.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Based on global wind circulation, explain why rainforests form at about 0 degrees latitude AND why deserts form at about 30 degrees north and south of the equator.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 RAINFORESTS: The air rises at the equator, cools, reaches the dew point, and causes clouds and rain. DESERTS: The air sinks at 30 N and S causing the air to warm up and become dry. RAINFORESTS: The air rises at the equator, cools, reaches the dew point, and causes clouds and rain. DESERTS: The air sinks at 30 N and S causing the air to warm up and become dry. Scores Back to board

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Label where the trade winds, prevailing westerlies, polar easterlies, doldrums and horse latitudes are located on this map.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Scores Back to board Polar Easterlies Prevailing Westerlies Trade Winds Prevailing Westerlies Polar Easterlies Horse latitudes Doldrums Horse latitudes

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 How far away is the storm if you see a flash of lightning and then hear the rumble of thunder 5 seconds later?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Scores Back to board How far away is the storm if you see a flash of lightning and then hear the rumble of thunder 5 seconds later? 5 seconds = 1 mile How far away is the storm if you see a flash of lightning and then hear the rumble of thunder 5 seconds later? 5 seconds = 1 mile

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What are 2 things that you should avoid doing in your home during a lighting storm?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Scores Back to board What are 2 things that you should avoid doing in your home during a lighting storm? taking a bath or shower talking on the telephone What are 2 things that you should avoid doing in your home during a lighting storm? taking a bath or shower talking on the telephone

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 This is a three-part question. 1.What way is this storm rotating? 2. Is it in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere? 3. What causes the storm to rotate? This is a three-part question. 1.What way is this storm rotating? 2. Is it in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere? 3. What causes the storm to rotate?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Scores Back to board 1. What way is this storm rotating? Clockwise 2.Is it in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere? Southern 3. What causes the storm to rotate? The Coriolis Effect 1. What way is this storm rotating? Clockwise 2.Is it in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere? Southern 3. What causes the storm to rotate? The Coriolis Effect

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$400 What happens to a hurricane’s wind speed and air pressure after it hits land?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Scores Back to board What happens to a hurricane’s wind speed and air pressure after it hits land? Its wind speed drops off quickly and its air pressure rises quickly. What happens to a hurricane’s wind speed and air pressure after it hits land? Its wind speed drops off quickly and its air pressure rises quickly.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 What are 2 reasons why there are so many tornadoes in North America?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Scores Back to board What are 2 reasons why there are so many tornadoes in North America? Cold, polar air and warm tropical air both exist on the continent. The continent is flat in the middle allowing the two air masses to collide. What are 2 reasons why there are so many tornadoes in North America? Cold, polar air and warm tropical air both exist on the continent. The continent is flat in the middle allowing the two air masses to collide.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Describe the temperature and humidity of a continental tropical air mass.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Scores Back to board Describe the temperature and humidity of a continental tropical air mass. Hot and dry Describe the temperature and humidity of a continental tropical air mass. Hot and dry

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 If the temperature is 50 degrees F and it is foggy outside, what is the dew point and what is the relative humidity? If the temperature is 50 degrees F and it is foggy outside, what is the dew point and what is the relative humidity?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Scores Back to board If the temperature is 50 degrees F and it is foggy outside, what is the dew point 50 and what is the relative humidity? 100% If the temperature is 50 degrees F and it is foggy outside, what is the dew point 50 and what is the relative humidity? 100%

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Describe 3 things about cold fronts: 1)Their symbol on a weather map 2)What happens to the temp. after they pass by 3)The weather that typically occurs at them Describe 3 things about cold fronts: 1)Their symbol on a weather map 2)What happens to the temp. after they pass by 3)The weather that typically occurs at them

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Scores Back to board Describe 3 things about cold fronts: 1)The symbol is a blue line with triangles 2)The temp. gets colder after they pass by. 3)The weather is frequently stormy. Describe 3 things about cold fronts: 1)The symbol is a blue line with triangles 2)The temp. gets colder after they pass by. 3)The weather is frequently stormy.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 How does Lake Michigan affect our temperatures in the summer and how does it affect our temperatures in the winter?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Scores Back to board How does Lake Michigan affect our temperatures in the summer and how does it affect our temperatures in the winter? The waters of Lake Michigan cool us down in the summer and warm us up in the winter. How does Lake Michigan affect our temperatures in the summer and how does it affect our temperatures in the winter? The waters of Lake Michigan cool us down in the summer and warm us up in the winter.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 You see a bank of tall, dark, and threatening storm clouds moving toward you. What way is the wind probably coming from before the storms and what way would it come from after the storms? You see a bank of tall, dark, and threatening storm clouds moving toward you. What way is the wind probably coming from before the storms and what way would it come from after the storms?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Scores Back to board The bank of dark, threatening storm clouds probably describes an approaching cold front. When a cold front moves through the direction the wind comes from usually shifts from the SW to the NW. The bank of dark, threatening storm clouds probably describes an approaching cold front. When a cold front moves through the direction the wind comes from usually shifts from the SW to the NW.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 What causes global winds?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Scores Back to board What causes global winds? Unequal heating of the Earth between the equator and the poles causes differences in pressure and drives the winds. What causes global winds? Unequal heating of the Earth between the equator and the poles causes differences in pressure and drives the winds.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Where on Lake Erie would you expect the most lake effect snow? N W S E Lake Erie D A C B

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Scores Back to board Where on Lake Erie would you expect the most lake effect snow? N W S E Lake Erie D A C B Wind direction that brings cold air over the warm lake waters.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Name the 3 most common greenhouse gases.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Scores Back to board Name the 3 most common greenhouse gases. Carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor Name the 3 most common greenhouse gases. Carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Describe what happens to the atmosphere when there is a massive volcanic eruption or asteroid impact, AND describe how that affects the temperature.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Scores Back to board Describe what happens to the atmosphere when there is a massive volcanic eruption or asteroid impact, AND explain how that would affect the temperature. Both would fill the atmosphere with ash particles that would reflect more sunlight back into space. This would cause global temperatures to drop. Describe what happens to the atmosphere when there is a massive volcanic eruption or asteroid impact, AND explain how that would affect the temperature. Both would fill the atmosphere with ash particles that would reflect more sunlight back into space. This would cause global temperatures to drop.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Describe 4 things about anticyclones. 1. High or low pressure area? 2.Does the air rise or sink there? 3. What kind of weather occurs there? 4. How does the air rotate around them at the surface? Describe 4 things about anticyclones. 1. High or low pressure area? 2.Does the air rise or sink there? 3. What kind of weather occurs there? 4. How does the air rotate around them at the surface?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Scores Back to board Describe 4 things about anticyclones. 1. High 2. Sinks 3. clear & dry 4. clockwise in the N. Hemi. Describe 4 things about anticyclones. 1. High 2. Sinks 3. clear & dry 4. clockwise in the N. Hemi. View from the side View from above

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 What is the term for the boundary between two air masses?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Scores Back to board What is the term for the boundary between two air masses? Front What is the term for the boundary between two air masses? Front

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Name an example of an impermeable material.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Scores Back to board Name an example of an impermeable material. Clay roads parking lots Name an example of an impermeable material. Clay roads parking lots

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Total Water on Earth What kind of water is represented by each section of the pie charts? A C B

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Scores Back to board What kind of water is represented by each section of the pie charts? C B ground water ice and glaciers oceans (salt water) Total Water on Earth A

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What have scientists found to be the main cause of the regular pattern of ice ages during the last few million years?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Scores Back to board What have scientists found to be the main cause of the regular pattern of ice ages during the last few million years? Milankovitch Cycles – Variations in the shape of Earth’s orbit and the tilt of its axis. What have scientists found to be the main cause of the regular pattern of ice ages during the last few million years? Milankovitch Cycles – Variations in the shape of Earth’s orbit and the tilt of its axis.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Identify the term used to describe each letter on the diagram. A D E F B C

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Scores Back to board Identify the term used to describe each letter on the diagram. A B C D E F well treebarn unsaturated zone water table saturated zone

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What is the name of the cold water current that moves down the coast of the United States?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Scores What is the name of the cold water current that moves down the coast of the United States? The California Current What is the name of the cold water current that moves down the coast of the United States? The California Current