Water Cycle
Galetown
Amplify Weather Simulation
Unit 5 Definitions
Real World Examples
100

If this is taken away from the water cycle then it would never occur.

*FOR EXTRA 200pts- all members must complete 10                                     jumping jacks

What is water?

100

Added this to the their city and experienced more rain because of it.

What is a lake?

100

Unit 5 is also called this.

What is Weather Patterns?

100

The amount of air that moves as a unit.

What is an air parcel?

100

On a hot day, Maya pours a cold glass of lemonade. After a few minutes, tiny drops of water start forming on the outside of the glass. Where did the water come from?

CHALLENGE: THE ENTIRE TEAM MUST RUN IN PLACE FOR 30 SECONDS- EXTRA 300 POINTS

condensation

200

During evaporation, this causes liquid water to become water vapor when heated to the right temperature.

What is the sun?

200

More surface water plus more sunlight will equal bigger clouds which will cause more ________.

What is rain?

200

The mode in amplify that you can only adjust the sunlight to surface setting and the surface water setting.

What is Regional Weather 1?

200

The layer of the atmosphere that is closest to the surface of the Earth and is where all weather occurs.

What is the troposphere?

200

The water cycle occurs over and over again which means it is _________.

* Challenge!! PAT YOUR HEAD AND RUB YOUR STOMACH AT THE SAME TIME    (2 MEMBERS ONLY)

EXTRA 200pts 

What is a pattern?

300

During the process of condensation, heat is transferred from a cloud to the surrounding environment which means the cloud loses this.

What is energy?

300

Another factor that caused more severe storms was the _______ weather.

CHALLENGE: 5 PUSHUPS for 500 POINTS 

only one member needed!

What is "warm" or "hot"?

300

The mode in amplify that there is the factor of wind that is added to show how rain occurs.

What is Regional Weather 2?

300

A scientist who studies the weather.

What is a meteorologist?

300

Two ingredients needed for a cloud to form.

What is heat (sunlight) and water? 

400

I fall from clouds in various forms. I can be liquid or I can be ice. But if I fall hard then I ain't nothing nice.

CHALLENGE : DANCE ( SONG OF CHOICE) 1 MIN.

EXTRA : 400pts. ONLY 2 MEMBERS NEEDED or THE WHOLE TEAM

What is precipitation?

400

The amount of storms that occurred after the lake was built in Galetown..

What is "three"?

400

During the last part of the sim under the mode REGIONAL MODE 1, what happens at the end? 

Extra points: RUN IN PLACE 30 SECONDS 

100 pts for each member of team

it rains

400

Energy comes from the sun, so we say that the sun is a _______ of energy.

What is a source?

400

A hot air balloon goes higher into the air because it gains more ______.

What is heat?

500

I am the name of the third step in the Water Cycle. What am I?

What is Condensed Liquid Water?

500

Another factor besides the lake and the heat that caused Galetown to have more severe rainstorms.

What is wind?

500

The air parcel temperature, the surrounding air temperature, the surface water can all be found in amplify on this mode.

What is "Lab" mode?

500

Someone who uses factors such as temperature, air pressure, humidity, and wind to reconstruct  and understand the mystery of weather.

What is a Forensic Meteorologist?

500

The water cycle is responsible for different types of weather which means it plays a role in causing weather _________.

What is patterns?

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