Are You Smarter Than a 9 th Grader? 1,000,000 5th Grade 5th Grade Energy,Atm 5th Grade 5th Grade Energy,Atm5th Grade5th Grade Greenhouse effect 4th Grade atmos 4th Grade4th GradeCO2 3rd Grade3rd Grade Coriolis 3rd Grade3rd Grade Coriolis3rd Grade layers 2nd Grade Winds 2nd Grade Breezes 1st Grade Solar Radiation 1st Grade1st Grade CFCs 500, , , ,000 50,000 25,000 10,000 5,000 2,000 1,000 5th Grade Topic 1 Question / Describe how conduction heats earth surface? 5th Grade Topic 1 Answer / Conduction is when 1 object directly heats another object, as in solar radiation from the sun touching and heating Earths surface Return 5th Grade Topic 2 Question If burning fossil fuels releases more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, Will earth become Hotter or Colder? Why 4th Grade Topic 3 Question / The first atmosphere was created by? 5th Grade Topic 2 Answer / Hotter, because of the increase in atmospheric CO2 Return 4th Grade Topic 3 Answer / Volcanoes erupting Return 4th Grade Topic 4 Question / What has caused an increase of 20% in CO2 levels in the last 100 years 4th Grade Topic 4 Answer / Human Industry Return 3rd Grade Topic 5 Question / If a pilot wants to fly a plane to a city south in the northern hemisphere. How should he fly the plane to save gas? 3rd Grade Topic 5 Answer / Because Earth rotates clockwise in the northern hemisphere, the pilot should fly the plane southwest to maximum wind currents reducing fuel Return 3rd Grade Topic 6 Question / What layer of the atmosphere is all of the weather in? 3rd Grade Topic 6 Answer / troposhere 2nd Grade Topic 7 Question / Which wind belt would you use to sail to a long distance? 2nd Grade Topic 7 Answer / trade winds Return 2nd Grade Topic 8 Question / What type of breeze occurs at night? Sea or Land / Explain Why / What type of breeze occurs at night? Sea or Land / Explain Why 2nd Grade Topic 8 Answer / Land Breeze the land cools down quicker than the water during the night creating a current of air moving from the land to the ocean Return 1st Grade Topic 9 Question / Why is the equator hotter than the poles? 1st Grade Topic 9 Answer / Receives more direct sunlight from the sun in the form of solar radiation Return 1st Grade Topic 10 Question / CFCs (Chlorofluorocarbons) are the main cause of: 1st Grade Topic 10 Answer / Ozone depletion: holes Return Million Dollar Question Grade Level Topic 11 Moon 1,000,000 Question / The moon is hot on one side and cold on the other, Explain why? 1,000,000 Answer / The moon lacks an atmosphere and the moon does not rotate. One side always faces the sun while ones side is always dark Return Thanks for Playing!