1. Hosted by Mrs. Zurawlow and Mrs. Sands
Jeopardy
Hosted by
Mrs. Zurawlow and Mrs. Sands

2. Vocabulary
Water Cycle
Air Masses
Predicting Weather
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3. Gasses that surround Earth’s surface
What is air?
Gasses that surround
Earth’s surface
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4. What is the amount of water that covers Earth’s surface.
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5. An area where two air masses
What is a front?
An area where two air masses
meet.
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6. This person studies and
What is a meteorologist?
This person studies and
predicts weather.
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7. When water vapor becomes
What is condensation?
When water vapor becomes
a liquid as it cools.
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8. This causes water to evaporate.
What is the sun?
This causes water to evaporate.
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9. In which type of front would
What is a cold front?
In which type of front would
you see more clouds.
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10. This is represented on a map by using curved lines with
What is a cold front?
This is represented on a map by
using curved lines with
blue triangles .
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11. The amount of water in the air.
What is humidity?
The amount of water
in the air.
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12. When water cools it forms droplets that come together
How is a cloud formed?
When water cools it forms
droplets that come together
in the atmosphere.
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13. This front brings more precipitation.
What is a warm front?
This front brings more
precipitation.
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14. This is represented on a map by using curved lines with
What is a warm front?
This is represented on a map by
using curved lines with
red half circles.
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15. often bring rain or snow.
What are stratus clouds?
Clouds close to the ground that
often bring rain or snow.
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16. When water droplets become heavy and gravity pulls them
What is precipitation?
When water droplets become
heavy and gravity pulls them
back down to Earth.
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17. These are the three basic types
What are cumulus, stratus and cirrus?
These are the three basic types
of clouds.
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18. Weather maps, weather radar, barometers, and anemometers.
What does a weather forecaster use to predict weather?
Weather maps, weather radar,
barometers, and anemometers.
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19. A tool that measures air
What is a barometer?
A tool that measures air
pressure.
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20. Water from precipitation seeps into the ground and bodies of
What is storage?
Water from precipitation seeps
into the ground and bodies of
water.
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21. What do air masses from the south bring?
This air mass brings
warmer weather.
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22. This sea is less salty because many rivers flow into it.
What is the Baltic Sea?
This sea is less salty because
many rivers flow into it.
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