Final Exam Jeopardy PDF

ROUND 1: 3rd ROCK FROM THE SUN 100 This is the actual shape of the Earth - Oblique spheroid 200 This is the great circle always on the Earth that is the border between night and day - Circle of illumination 300 This is the degree of Earth’s axial tilt - 23 ½ degrees 400 In the Northe...

ROUND 1: 3rd ROCK FROM THE SUN 100 This is the actual shape of the Earth - Oblique spheroid 200 This is the great circle always on the Earth that is the border between night and day - Circle of illumination 300 This is the degree of Earth’s axial tilt - 23 ½ degrees 400 In the Northern Hemisphere this occurs on December 21 or 22 when the subsolar point is at the Tropic of Capricorn - Winter Solstice 500 This is the name of the subsolar point at 23.5 N Latitude where the angle of incidence is 90 degrees on the summer solstice. - Tropic of Cancer UNDER PRESSURE 100 This wind that occasionally heats up Calgary means “snow eater” - Chinook 200 This is the standard unit used to measure air pressure. - millibar 300 This force acts like a merry-go-round and deflects movement on a rotating body - Coriolis 400 This is the side of the mountain exposed to wind - windward 500 This breeze blows over the beach from water to land during the day - Sea Breeze EARTH, AIR & WIND 100 This is the result of large high pressure systems over the poles. - Polar Highs 200 This is the result of the large low pressure system over the equator. - Equatorial Low 300 DAILY DOUBLE! These winds return to the equator in the northern hemisphere and are deflected to the northeast - Northeast Trades 400 The ITCZ stands for this. Inter-tropical Convergence Zone 500 These prevailing winds form broad mid-latitude belts from about 30N to 60N. - Westerlies WHITHER WATER 100 This involves the rising of cold water from the ocean depths - Upwelling 200 This is a river-like curve in an ocean current - Meander 300 This is a continually moving loop of water in an ocean basin. - Gyre 400 This is the deep sea system of oceanic movement. - Thermohaline Circulation 500 When an El Nino occurs with a westward surface windflow it is known as this. - the Southern Oscillation SERIOUS CYCLONES 100 This is what the formation of midlatitude cyclones is called. - Cyclogenesis 200 In a midlatitude cyclone this is an elongated area of depressed air pressure in the upper atmosphere that is typically associated with cloudy skies and rain. - low-pressure trough 300 This is a rapidly moving current of cool air that flows downward in a thunderstorm - downdraft 400 These are large thunderstomrs that contain winds moving in opposing directions and that are associated with strong winds, lightening, thunder, and sometimes hail and tornadoes. - Supercell thunderstorms 500 This is a tropical low-pressure system with maximum sustained winds between 63 km/h and 118 km/h. - Tropical Storm Round 2: WEATHER WONDERS 200 When water turns into ice it is called this. - freezing 400 Popular on mountains, this occurs when water vapour increases past the saturation level. - dew 600 Any liquid water or ice that falls to the ground is called this. - precipitation 800 This measures relative humidity - psychrometer 1000 This is the heat involved in melting - latent heat RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY 200 These are ice crystals caught in continuous circulation moving above and below the freezing level. - hail 400 This denotes spontaneous vertical air movement in the atmosphere. - convection 600 In this stage of a thunderstorm updrafts continue, producing towering cumulonimbus clouds. - mature stage 800 This precipitation results from the lifting process of a topographical feature. - orographical precipitation 1000 DAILY DOUBLE: All precipitation results from this. - lifting of air CLIMATIC ALPHABETIZING 200 This letter represents tropical climates -A 400 This letter represents polar climates -E 600 This letter represents dry climates -B 800 This climate classification system provides the most balanced approach. - Koppen climate classification system 1000 Koppen’s climate classification system is based on this. - plant life CLIMATE CHANGE 200 This external climate changing process involves changes in the earth’s orbit - stretch 400 This external climate changing process involves changes in the earth’s declination - roll 600 This external climate changing process involves changes in earth’s axial shifting. - wobble 800 These are forces causing climate change caused by humans - anthropogenic 1000 This is the main reason ocean levels are rising today. - expansion due to heat SWEET SUSTAINABILITY 200 This Biblical Covenant includes every living creature on Earth - Noadic 400 This is the maximum population that can be supported by an ecosystem - Carrying Capacity 600 This civilization, which existed between 4000 and 2300 BCE in current day southern Iraq, ruined its arable land through complex irrigation systems - Sumeria 800 This highly productive agricultural valley in California is becoming increasingly more saline due to massive irrigation projects - San Juaquin Valley 1000 Revelations 11:18 foretells the time that God will destroy all of those who destroy this. - The Earth FINAL JEOPARDY: Category: Your Climatic Future No matter what happens to climate, this awaits you all with nasty, sharp point teeth - Death