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WEATHER
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SOL REVIEW….Weather and
Atmosphere
Read each fact carefully and then
be prepared to answer the
questions that follow
NO TALKING
Highlight what you do not remember!!
HERE WE GO
Climate describes the weather
patterns for a given location over a
Weather describes the
period of years.
day-to-day changes in
Major climate zones are polar,
atmospheric conditions
temperate, and tropical
Winds are created by the
4 things affect climate:
uneven heating of the earth’s
Latitude Closeness of water
Elevation Closeness of mountains
surface (remember we’re tilted
on our axis…23.5°)
WEATHER
Winds blow from a high
to a low
Desert
Atmospheric Layers: ground up
Convection currents
Troposphere…where weather occurs
…hot air rises and cold Stratosphere…ozone layer here
air sinks… is a major
Mesosphere…shooting stars burn up
Thermosphere…ionosphere is here
cause of weather
Coriolis effect causes deflections
of global wind patterns…know
these patterns A hurricane is
POLAR EASTERLIES
WESTERLIES
TRADE WINDS
FRONT SYMBOLS
a low
pressure
counterclockwise
movement of
air greater
than 75 mph Temperature
Weather Instruments:
Psychrometer measures humidity
(how much moisture is in the
air)100% =rain
Barometer measures air
pressure…falling=stormy weather
10
mph
Air Pressure
Dew Point
Cloud Cover=50%
KNOW HOW TO READ A
WEATHER STATION
MODEL
Land Breezes and sea breezes are created by the differences in the
heat capacity between water and land
Winds are named by the direction they blow from
High
Low
High
Low
Things that can change our atmosphere and eventually
Cloud Types:
our weather
Cumulus - tall cotton ball
looking cloud
↑ in Carbon dioxide
↓ In ozone layer
Nimbus - means
Volcanic activity & meteorite impacts
precipitation
GLOBAL WARMING
CAN YOU ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS?
Wind is caused mainly by air-pressure differences that
result from
Rotation of Earth on its axis
Thefrom
barometric
pressure is to water bodies
Radiation of heat
Earth’s landmasses
913.0
130.0atmosphere
10.28
1013.0
Uneven heating of
the Earth’s
The temperature
31 -28
45
Absorption of ultraviolet
radiationisby30
Earth’s
landmasses
Which letter is in the westerlies,
which brings us our weather
F
B
C
D
A high-pressure center is generally
characterized by
Cool,surface
wet weather
Most
currents are caused by
Warm,
prevailing winds
tides dry weather
Cool,
dry weather
evaporation
Salinity differences
Warm, wet weather
Adjacent water and land surfaces have the same
temperature at sunrise on a clear day, calm day. A
surface wind develops after the water and land are
heated by the Sun for a few hours. On which map do the
arrows best represent the direction of this wind?
Winds blow from regions of
High air temperature to regions of low air temperature
High
By
which
air pressure
processtoare
regions
clouds,
of dew
low air
and
pressure
fog formed?
High
precipitation
precipitation
evaporation
to regions of condensation
low precipitation melting
Which side of the mountain
would be lush and green?
windward
leeward
What type of front extends
eastward away from the
low-pressure center?
cold
warm
occluded
stationary
The arrows around point
C represent the transfer
of energy by
conduction
radiation
convection
precipitation