JEOPARDYJEOPARDY

Mrs. Keller

Chapter 6

6th Grade Science

THE THE RULESRULES Competing teams will be selected. Everyone will actively participate. Each team will decide on a “batting order”.

Please write it down. No penalties for wrong answers, so try. Each team will be rewarded with points. Be positive, encourage your teammates. ALEX is the Judge, all decisions are final.

Jeopardy Round Jeopardy Round Categories are:Categories are:

Temperature and Earth’s

Rotation

Ocean Currents

Wind and Weather

Water

Energy, Motion, Gyres, and

Oceans

200 200 200 200

200

400 400 400 400

400

600 600 600 600

600

800 800 800 800

800

1000 1000 1000 1000

1000

Temperature & Earth’s

Rotation

Ocean Currents

Jeopardy

End of Round

Water Energy, Motion, Gyres, & Oceans

Wind & Weather

$200$200 The average surface temperature of Earth.

What is 15°?

$400$400 This is the main cause of seasons on Earth.

What is the axial tilt of Earth?

$600$600 If Earth rotated more slowly,

Earth’s temperature would be _____ in daytime and ______ at night.

What is warmer and colder?

$800$800

If Earth had no atmosphere, its average temperature would ____.

What is decrease?

$1000$1000If the amount of greenhouse

gases in Earth’s atmosphere increase, Earth will lose ____ heat energy and ____ in average temperature.

What is less and increase?

$200$200

This is an example of a surface ocean current.

What is the Gulf Stream?

$400$400 When water expands at the

equator, surface ocean currents are formed that move the water toward ________________.

What is the north and south poles?

$600$600 This is how is heat energy

is spread throughout Earth.

What are ocean currents?

$800$800 Surface ocean currents are caused by these two things.

What are wind and water expansion?

$1000$1000 ________ and _______ cause deep ocean currents.

What are temperature and saltiness?

$200$200 This causes wind to form.

What is the heating and cooling of air?

$200

$400$400 This is the area in which it is most likely to be cloudy.

What is an area of low pressure?

$400

The environment on the east side of a mountain range would be…

What is dry?

$600 $600

$800$800 Convection cells cause the

weather patterns in the U.S. to move from _____ to _____.

What is from west to east?

$800

$1000$1000 The type of small convection current that is used by hawks and sailplane pilots.

What is thermal?

$1000

$200$200 This kind of air can hold a lot of

water vapor and rise. What is warm air?

$200

$400$400 The relative humidity on a foggy day.

What is 100%?

$400

$600$600 An air mass rises and cools,

reaching 100% relative humidity at 20°C. When this happens:

What is it starts to form clouds and rain?

$600

$800$800 An air mass rises and cools,

reaching 100% relative humidity at 0°C. What will start to form?

What is sleet and snow?

$800

$1000$1000 A cool wind blows off the cool

water onto the warm land, and forms a convection current. Why does this happen?

What is the temperature difference between the air above the land and the air above the water?

$1000

$200$200 Most of the water on

Earth is found here. What are oceans?

$200

$400$400 Earth’s revolution around

the sun equals a _____. What is a year?

$400

$600$600 This causes a gyre to curve as it flows away from the equator.

What is the rotation of Earth?

$600

$800$800 In the northern hemisphere, gyres move in this direction.

What is clockwise?

$800

$1000$1000 If Earth gained more energy

from the sun than was lost to space, Earth’s average temperature would _____.

What is increase?

$1000