Atmosphere/ Climate
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Kitchen Sink: Chilly Edition
100
The number of atmospheric layers.
5
100
This type of weather occurs when warm humid air rises and encounters cold air in the atmosphere.
Thunderstorm.
100
Do 12 squats.
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100
What is a front?
A boundary between air masses
100
This process lets black bears go 100 days without food.
Hibernation
200
Which layers do airplanes fly in?
Troposphere and Stratosphere
200
Wind is relatively calm in the eye of this extreme storm.
Hurricane
200
Do 20 mountain climbers!
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200
What type of front is this? What is happening to the air masses?
Warm Front: A warm air mass is overtaking a cooler air mass
200
Most snowflakes have this many sides.
6
300
What 4 factors determine climate zones?
Temperature, precipitation, vegetation, and latitude.
300
This extreme weather needs warm ocean water, humidity, and calm wind.
Hurricane.
300
Act like your favorite animal!
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300
What type of Front is this? What is happening to the air masses during a stationary front?
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Stationary Front: Warm and cold air masses are pressing against eachother.
300
113 feet is the tallest of these spherical, 2-armed, and veggie-nosed friends ever recorded.
Snowman
400
What are the 5 climate zones?
Tropical
Dry
Mild
Continental
Polar
400
Warm humid air colliding with cold dry air can cause a.....
Tornado
400
Find 3 things you have in common with your row.
Answers Vary.
400
What type of front is this? What is happening to the air masses?
Cold front: a cold air mass is overtaking a warmer air mass.
400
This continent has the lowest temperature ever recorded.
Antarctica: -128.6 degrees Fahrenheit (1983)
500
Which subzone of the Tropical Zone is this?
Savanna
500
This extreme weather event can have the strongest winds in the world!
Tornado
500
Beat 3 people in rock-paper-scissors!
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500
Which front can bring more severe storms?
Cold front
500
The true color of snowflakes is...
translucent