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Final Jeopardy
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True or false
Water vapour changes into gas when
condensation occurs.
False.
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True or false
Maritime air masses form over land.
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False
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True or false
 Carbon dioxide is given off when gas, oil, and
coal are burned.
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True
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True or false
Convection is the transfer of energy in the form
of rays or waves.
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False.
Radiation
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True or false
 The stratosphere is the layer of the atmosphere
nearest to Earth's surface.
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False.
troposphere
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A thermometer is a device used to measure
what?
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Temperature
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Stratus, cirrus, cumulus and nimbus are types of
what?
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clouds
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Breeze and gale are common terms used to
describe the speed of what?
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wind
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What is the name of a scientist who studies
weather?
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Meteorologist
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An anemometer is used to measure what?
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Wind speed
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Balls or irregular lumps of ice that fall from
clouds (often during thunderstorms) are known
as what?
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(Andrew) hailstones
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True or false
You hear lightning and see thunder
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False
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When water droplets in a cloud combine,
become too heavy, and fall to the ground as
rain, snow, sleet, or hail, we are experiencing
____.
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Precipitation
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Air above the equator is heated more than at
any other place on Earth because solar rays
strike the equator in what way?
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More directly
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____ humidity is a measure of the amount of
water vapor that air is holding compared to the
amount needed for saturation at a specific
temperature.
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Relative
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Low, layered gray clouds that produce light
precipitation are ____ clouds.
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Stratus
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The boundary between cold and warm air
masses is called a ____.
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Front
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When air contains as much moisture as possible
at a specific temperature, it is ____.
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Saturated
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What term also means the air is saturated?
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Dew Point
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High, thin, white, feathery clouds containing ice
crystals are usually associated with fair weather,
but they can also indicate approaching storms.
These clouds are called ____ clouds.
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Cirrus
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cloudy weather is associated with what type of
pressure
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Low
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Which of the following materials do scientists
NOT use to study past climates?
ice cores
fossilized pollen
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Volcanic lava flows
growth rings of trees
current volcanic lava flows
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What is climate?
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The weather of a region over a long period of
time.
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A gas that increases the greenhouse effect is
____.
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Carbon dioxide
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A major influence on climate is ____.
 Give three examples.
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Wind, large bodies of water, big cities, ocean
currents.
Final Jeopardy
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The ____ contains the highest concentration of
ozone.
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Stratosphere