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Weather Jeopardy: Test Your Meteorological Knowledge!

Challenge your weather knowledge with questions on air masses, fronts, instruments, and more in this fun and educational game. Learn about isotherms, isobars, jet streams, and the greenhouse effect as you navigate through different weather-related categories.

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Weather Jeopardy: Test Your Meteorological Knowledge!

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  1. This IS Weather Jeopardy

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  9. An air mass that forms over an ocean is called?

  10. A maritime air mass

  11. What are lines joining places that have the same temperature?

  12. isotherms

  13. Cool, clear weather usually follows a _________ front.

  14. Cold Front

  15. ________________is a sudden spark or electrical discharge, as electrical charges that jump between parts of a cloud or between a cloud and the ground.

  16. Lightning

  17. On a weather map,________________join places on the map with the same air pressure.

  18. isobars

  19. If you observe air pressure decreasing, what kind of weather do you think is coming?

  20. Clouds and precipitation

  21. A thermometer measures

  22. Air Temperature

  23. In Fahrenheit the freezing point of water is….

  24. 32 degrees Fahrenheit

  25. In Celsius the boiling point of water is …

  26. 100 degrees Celsius

  27. How are air masses classified?

  28. By Temperature and Humidity

  29. A rapidly moving cold air mass meets a slowly moving warm air mass and forms a front. What will most likely occur at this front?

  30. Cold air will slide under the warm air. Warm air will rise and cool and clouds will form.

  31. What is the main way the troposphere is heated?

  32. Convection Currents

  33. What are the three major global wind belts?

  34. Trade Winds, Polar Easterlies and the Prevailing Westerlies

  35. The two areas of calm are

  36. The Doldrums and the Horse Latitudes

  37. The instrument used to measure wind speed is called a

  38. Anemometer

  39. A scientist who studies the causes of weather and tries to predict weather is called a ______?

  40. Meteorologist

  41. Bands of high speed winds above the Earth’s surface are called__________?

  42. Jet Streams

  43. The increased cooling that a wind can cause is called

  44. The Wind Chill Factor

  45. What is the natural process where gases hold heat in the air called?

  46. The Greenhouse Effect

  47. What is an air mass?

  48. A large body of air that has similar temperature, humidity and air pressure throughout.

  49. Name 4 types of fronts?

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