Vocabulary
This object floats up into the sky and allows meteorologists to forecast weather
What is a weather balloon?
The layer that we live in
What is the troposphere?
As one moves further up the troposphere, THIS happens to the pressure
What is decreases?
Name 3 things that are a part of the weather balloon apparatus
Balloon, string, parachute, radiosonde, instruments
How does temperature effect density of fluids?
Warm water is less dense than cold water
An instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in forecasting the weather and determining altitude.
What is a barometer?
The second layer of the atmosphere
What is the stratosphere?
Air is always trying to reach a state of equilibrium true or false?
True
As the balloon increases in altitude, this happens to the balloon...
What is expand or get bigger.?
Thinking about our straw column experiment, why did some colors mix and some colors layer on top of each other?
Colors mixed when the more dense liquid was on top of the less dense liquid. Colors layered when the more dense liquid was on the bottom, and the less dense liquid was on the top.
A WET tropical storm
This layer is where particles escape into space.
What is the exosphere?
For 600 points everyone in your group has to do 25 FULL jumping jacks
did you get the points?
This is the amount of gas (in grams) that is added to a typical weather balloon.
What is 1200 grams?
What is the balloon full of air?
This is the unit that airpressure is measured in
This layer's temperatures range from -86 to 1200 degrees Celsius.
What is the Thermosphere?
What does falling air pressure indicate?
A. Rainy weather
B. Stormy weather
C. Hot Weather
D. Rainy or Stormy Weather
What is rainy or stormy weather?
At what time do they release weather balloons in London?
What is 12pm and 12am?
What happened to the marshmallow when the plunger on the syringe was pulled back?
What is increased in size?
For the 1000 points, challenge one group to a game of silent hot potato. Whatever group has the ball at the end of two minutes loses.
Did you get rid of the ball? congrats you got the points!
While you say the 5 main layers of the atmosphere, while you do that, do high knees for 45 seconds without taking a break. If you are able to do it, you earn the points. If you take a break at any time, you do not earn the points.
Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere.
Points if you did it! No points if you stopped or didn't remember them at any time.
Air pressure is greater in which of these: at the top of the mountain, at the bottom of the mountain, at the center of the mountain.
What is at the bottom of the mountain?
At approximately how many locations worldwide do they send up weather balloons?
800-1000 is an acceptable range
For 1000 points one person in your group must do a handstand or headstand for 5 seconds without falling!
Did you get the points?