Atoms & the Atmosphere
The Hydrosphere
Weather & Humidity
Wild Card I
Wild Card II
100
The subatomic particle shown in orange.
What is the neutron?
100
In the Modeling the Water Cycle activity, the lamp represented this.
What is the sun?
100
The unit used for relative humidity.
What is percent?
100
The city hosting the next Olympic games (in winter 2024).
What is Paris?
100
The name of the largest ocean on Earth.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
200
The element that is approximately 21% of Earth's atmosphere.
What is oxygen?
200
Increasing the temperature of water __________ water density.
What is decreases?
200
The unit used for dew point.
What are degrees (Celsius/Fahrenheit)?
200
The longest river in the world.
What is the Nile?
200
The brand of the first soft drink in space.
What is Coca Cola?
300
List two greenhouse gases.
What are (pick 2): carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), water vapor, CFCs, or nitrous oxide (N2O).
300
The density, given mass is 10g and volume is 5 ml.
What is 2 g/ml?
300
Heating the air without changing the absolute humidity will ___________ the relative humidity.
What is decrease?
300
The state flower of California.
What is the golden poppy?
300
The word used to describe a group of crows.
What is a murder?
400
The subatomic particle with a negligible atomic mass unit (amu).
What is the electron?
400
Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant
What is transpiration?
400
The coastal breeze that typically blows at night.
What is a land breeze?
400
The painter of the famous "Starry Night."
Who is Van Gogh?
400
One of two teams playing in the 2024 Rose Bowl game.
(Pick one) Who is Alabama / Michigan?
500
The layer above the mesosphere in which satellites orbit.
What is the thermosphere?
500
The density of water (including units!)
What is 1 g/ml or 1 g/cm^3?
500
The smaller the difference between the wet and dry bulb of a psychrometer, the ________ the relative humidity.
What is higher?
500
The year the United States declared independence.
What is 1776?
500
The capital city of Vermont.
What is Montpellier?