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Layers of the Atmosphere and Air Pressure Vocabulary

Learn about the layers of the atmosphere, air pressure, vocabulary, and air quality in this Jeopardy-style quiz game. Test your knowledge and expand your understanding of the Earth's atmosphere.

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Layers of the Atmosphere and Air Pressure Vocabulary

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  1. THIS IS JEOPARDY

  2. Your With Host... Mr.Duffy

  3. Layers of the Atmosphere Air Pressure Vocabulary Random Air Quality 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500

  4. True/False: The Thermosphere is the layer that we live in. A 100

  5. False- Troposphere A 100

  6. Name all of the layers of the atmosphere. Say from bottom to top. *Don’t forget the last layer is split in two.* A 200

  7. Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere (Ionosphere, Exosphere) A 200

  8. What is the layer that protects the Earth’s surface from being hit by meteoroids? A 300

  9. Mesosphere A 300

  10. What is the inner most layer and outer most layer? Where does weather occur? A 400

  11. Inner-troposphere Outer- Thermosphere Weather occurs in the troposhere A 400

  12. Why is the top of the stratosphere warmer than the top of the troposphere? A 500

  13. The stratosphere has the ozone layer. The ozone layer captures the ultra violet rays from the sun and warms the upper region of the atmosphere. A 500

  14. What is the Atmosphere? B 100

  15. Envelope of gases that surrounds the planet. B 100

  16. What is Ozone and Water Vapor? B 200

  17. Ozone- Form of oxygen that has three oxygen atoms instead of two. Water Vapor- Water in the form of a gas B 200

  18. What is a barometer? What is the difference between an aneroid barometer and mercury barometer? B 300

  19. Barometer is an instrument that is used to measure air pressure Aneroid barometer has an airtight metal chamber. Mercury barometer has a glass tube open at the bottom end and partially filled with mercury B 300

  20. What can be found and happens in the ionosphere? B 400

  21. The Aurora Borealis and radio waves that bounce off the ionosphere and comes back to Earth’s surface. B 400

  22. What are pollutants? What is the major cause of pollution around the world? B 500

  23. Pollutants- Harmful substances in the air, water, or soil. Burning of fossil fuels is a major cause of pollution in the world B 500

  24. What is Air Pressure? C 100

  25. Result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area. C 100

  26. True/False: The higher the elevation the higher the air pressure. C 200

  27. False- The higher the elevation the lower the air pressure C 200

  28. What units are commonly used to measure air pressure? C 300

  29. Millibars or Inches of Mercury C 300

  30. DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager C 400

  31. Why is it hard to breathe at the top of a mountain? C 400

  32. Air is less dense: each breath takes in a fewer oxygen molecules at a higher altitude at sea level. C 400

  33. Where would you be affected the most by high air pressure? Why? C 500

  34. You would be affected the most at sea level. C 500

  35. What are two main sources of pollution? Give an example of each? D 100

  36. Natural sources and human activities D 100

  37. What is the main source of pollution made from human activities? (Give an example) D 200

  38. Burning of Fossil Fuels D 200

  39. Describe the difference between London-Type Smog and Photochemical Smog? D 300

  40. London-type smog comes from the burning of fossil fuels. Especially with coal. Photochemical smog is formed by the action of the sunlight on pollutants such as hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxide D 300

  41. How is acid rain formed? D 400

  42. . The burning of coal that contains a lot of sulfur produces sulfur oxide. Some of it is absorbed into the clouds and comes down as precipitation. D 400

  43. Do you think that photochemical smog levels are higher during the winter or during the summer? D 500

  44. The summer because the sun’s rays are more direct and the hours of daylight are longer D 500

  45. The two most abundant gases in the atmosphere are? E 100

  46. Nitrogen (78%) and Oxygen (21%) E 100

  47. The layers in the atmosphere are classified according to: E 200

  48. Temperature E 200

  49. True/False: Weather is the condition of Earth’s surface at a particular time and place. E 300

  50. False-Atmosphere E 300

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