WEATHER OR NOT
Description: Answer questions about meteorology using many
sources.
Number of Participants: 2
The Competition
1. The teams spend their time at various stations relating to
items found in the list below.
2. Each team will have equal/ample time at each station.
Scoring
Each correct answer is one [1] point and the highest score wins.
Tie Breaker [if any]
Best score on cloud identification section.
Topics
A. WEATHER INSTRUMENTS: relating to air pressure, wind
speed, relative humidity, temperature, precipitation, etc.
B. CLOUD IDENTIFICATION: cirrus
stratus cumulus
nimbostratus
stratocumulus altostratus
cumulonimbus
cirrostratus cirrocumulus; also a drawing
showing clouds from earth’s surface upward with a scale of
altitude and clouds to be labeled
C. LAYERS OF ATMOSPHERE: troposphere,
tropopause, ozone layer, stratosphere, stratopause,
mesosphere, mesopause, thermosphere
D. HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE: evaporation, heat,
condensation, precipitation, transpiration,
absorption, respiration, and surface water
E. WEATHER MAPS: from the Plain Dealer; whatever
symbols that newspaper uses, fronts, precipitation falling in various
locations, temperatures
F. GASES: five [5] main gases of the atmosphere in order of
abundance
G. INSTRUMENT READING/PROBLEM SOLVING: thermometers,
barometers, wind vane, and minimum-maximum thermometer from
illustrations; determining pH of rainwater with pH paper;
determining wind chill and relative humidity from charts; explain
condensation on jar; graduated cylinder
to measure rainfall
H. PHENOMENA: identify snowflake, hailstone, tornado, water
spout, dust devil, hurricane, frost, drought, flood, fog, smog, aurora,
rainbow, and halo from photographs
I. DIAGRAMS: formation of hailstones, Earth-Sun
positions in seasons, structure of tornado [wall cloud. cumulonimbus
cloud, funnel, debris cloud], order of colors in rainbow, cross-section
of thunderstorm [cold air, warm air, rainfall, cumulonimbus, anvil top,
lightning], wind patterns where land & water meet, precipitation
patterns on both sides of mountain ranges, structure of hurricane, jet
stream.
