Meteorology
A tool meteorologists use to measure temperature
What is a THERMOMETER?
Civilization credited with first using negative numbers
What is CHINA?
8 + (-3)
What is 5?
I have hands but can't clap.
What is a CLOCK?
The temperature was 5°F in the morning and dropped 7°F.
What is -2°F?
What meteorologists study
What is WEATHER and/or CLIMATE?
Indian mathematicians first used this symbol to represent negative numbers. The opposite of what we use now.
What is a PLUS (+) sign?
-6 + 4
What is -2?
I am a number. Double me and add 6 to get 14.
What is 4?
A hiker starts at sea level (0 feet) and climbs 15 feet, then descends 10 feet.
What is 5 FEET above sea level?
The name of the tool meteorologists use to measure air pressure
What is a BAROMETER?
Vostok Station recorded the coldest temperature here at -128°F on July 21, 1983. There are no bears here.
What is ANTARCTICA?
-12 + 7
What is -5?
Three consecutive numbers that give the same answer when multiplied or added together
What is 1, 2 AND 3?
A submarine starts at -20 feet below sea level and rises 12 feet
What is -8 FEET?
Used by meteorologists to track the movement of storms.
What is a RADAR?
The hottest recorded surface temperature at 134°F was at this aptly named location.
What is DEATH VALLEY?
10 - (-4)
What is 14?
I am a two-digit number. My tens digit is double my ones digit. My ones digit is an even number less than 5.
What is 42?
A diver is at -30 feet below sea level. He rises 18 feet, then goes back down 5 feet.
What is -17 FEET?
TRIPLE JEOPARDY
There are four main types of clouds that meteorologists use to predict the weather. Cirrus, and these 3.
What is CUMULUS, STRATUS and NIMBUS?
At 92 feet below sea level, it is the lowest-lying capital city on Earth.
What is BAKU?
-15 + (-6)
What is -21?
I am a two-digit number. If you divide me by 2 and then add 4, you get the same number as when you subtract 2 from me.
What is TWELVE?
A pilot starts at 2,500 feet in the air. He descends 3,000 feet, then climbs 1,200 feet.
What is 700 FEET?