1. Weather and water cycle
JEOPARDY
Weather and water cycle

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3. Category 1 100 layer closest to Earth’s surface.
Contains three fourths of the matter in Earth’s entire atmosphere and nearly all of its clouds and weather.

4. Category 1 100
troposphere

5. Category 1 200
above the troposphere
Most atmospheric ozone is contained here
Absorbs much of the Sun’s ultraviolet radiation

6. Category 1 200
Stratosphere

7. Category 1 300
above the stratosphere
Contains little ozone, much less heat is absorbed
Lowest temperatures in the atmosphere

8. Category 1 300
Mesosphere

9. Category 1 400
Filters out harmful X rays and gamma rays from the Sun.

10. Category 1 400
Thermosphere

11. Category 1 500 outer most layer of the atmosphere
Extends outward to where space begins and contains few atoms
No clear boundary separates the exosphere from space

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Exosphere

13. Category 2 100
A special scale that forecasts the amount of UV radiation that will reach the Earth’s surface.

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UV Index

15. Category 2 200
Amount of water vapor in the atmosphere

16. Category 2 200
humidity

17. Category 2 300
List the steps of the water cycle

18. Category 2 300 Evaporation Condensation Precipitation Run off
Infiltration
Percolation
Ground water
Transpiration

19. Category 2 400
The gas phase of water

20. Category 2 400
Water vapor

21. Category 2 500
A number used to describe how much protection from ultraviolet rays sunscreen will provide

22. Category 2 500
Sun Protection Factor

23. Category 3 100
measures wind speed, indicates the wind speed by how fast an array of cups that catch the wind rotate.

24. Category 3 100
Anemometer

25. Category 3 200
measures atmospheric pressure

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Barometer

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The process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to leaves.

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transpiration

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The process of water filling the porous spaces of soil

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infiltration

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records the precipitation at a given location at a given time

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Rain gauge

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never-ending cycle in which water circulates between Earth’s surface and the atmosphere through the processes of evaporation, transpiration, precipitation, and condensation.

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Water Cycle

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water that soaks into the ground and collects in the small pieces between bits of rock and soil.

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Groundwater

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water that does not soak into the ground or evaporate but instead flows across Earth’s surface.

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runoff

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cold air mass and warm air mass meet but don’t move very much.

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Stationary Front:

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All the water that is found at Earth’s surface

42. Category 4 500
Hydrosphere

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primary method by which heat moves through liquids and gases.

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convection

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The transfer of energy by collisions between the atoms and molecules in a material.

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conduction

47. Category 5 300 matter that has no definite shape.
take the shape of whatever container they are in.
Particles are very far apart and move freely

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gas

49. Category 5 400 takes the shape of any container.
Particles are farther apart than a solid and move past each other.

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liquid

51. Category 5 500 matter that has definite size and shape.
Particles are close together and move very little.

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solid