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8.3 Weather Test Advanced
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● 65 Points
● 11 Questions
○ 2 Drawing
○ 1 Labeling
○ 1 Fill in the blank
○ 1 Select the correct answer
○ 6 Short Answer
Break Down of Concepts
● Water Cycle
○ Drawing
○ Parts of the Cycle
■ Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Runoff
○ Processes Drive By
■ Sun and Gravity
○ States of Matter Changes
■ Liquid to Gas; Gas to Liquid; Liquid to Liquid
Break Down of Concepts
● Cloud Types
○ Descriptions
○ Drawings
● Precipitation
○ Descriptions
○ Temperature formed within
Break Down of Concepts
● Air Pressure, Winds, Climate vs Weather
○ Air Pressure
■ Label areas of high and low pressure and temperature
○ Winds
■ Draw the path of local / global winds
■ Describe what causes winds
● Temperature, Pressure, Reason
■ How rotation of each impacts winds → Curve
○ Local vs Global Winds
■ Similarities
■ Differences
Break Down of Concepts
● Air Pressure, Winds, Climate vs Weather
○ Weather vs Climate
■ Definitions
■ Factors that impact each
■ Differences
Break Down of Concepts
● Air Masses and Fronts
○ Air Masses
■ How they are created
■ Labeling Name
■ Identifying location and characteristics
○ Air Fronts
■ Differences between cold and warm fronts
■ How to identify cold and warm fronts
Break Down of Concepts
● Weather Forecasting
○ Reading and analyzing weather station symbols
○ Using a key
Get your white board, marker
and paper towels ready!
Question 1
● Draw the water cycle
● Label each part
○ Condensation, Evaporation, Precipitation, Runoff
● Label the change in state of matter
○ Solid, Liquid, Gas
● Label the process its driven by
○ Sun / Gravity
Answer 1
● 14 Points
Question 2
● Draw each of the four main cloud types
Answer 2
● 4 Points
Question 3
● Match each type of precipitation with the temperature its
formed within
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Rain
Snow
Freezing Rain
Sleet
Hail
A. Cold Air
B. Cold Air / Large Amount of Warm
Air / Small Amount of Cold Air
C. Warm Air
D. Cold Air / Small Amount of Warm
Air / Large Amount of Cold Air
E. Strong Updrafts and Cold Air
Answer 3
● 5 Points
1. Rain → C. Warm Air
2. Snow → A. Cold Air
3. Freezing Rain → B. Cold Air / Large Amount of Warm
Air / Small Amount of Cold Air
4. Sleet → D. Cold Air / Small Amount of Warm Air / Large
Amount of Cold Air
5. Hail → E. Strong Updrafts and Cold Air
Question 4
● Label the following image
with
○ High Temperature
○ Low Temperature
○ High Pressure
○ Low Pressure
○ Arrow showing wind
movement
Answer 4
● 5 Points
Question 5
● Describe what causes winds / how winds move
Answer 5
● 4 Points
● Cold air has a high pressure (1 point) and warm air has a
low pressure (1 point).
● Winds move from high pressure (cold air) to low pressure
(warm air) (1 point).
● Air moves from high pressure to low pressure so the
molecules are evenly spaced (1 point)
Question 6
● Provide two similarities and two differences between local
and global winds
Answer 6
● 6 Points
● Similarities
○ Caused by uneven heating / pressure
○ Molecules try to balance / spread out
Local Winds
● Short Distances / Changes
Daily
● Winds travel between land
and water
Global Winds
● Long distances / Lasts weeks
● Winds travel between poles
and equator
● Winds curve due to Earth’s
rotation
Question 7
● Explain the difference between weather and climate.
● Mention at least 3 differences.
Answer 7
● 8 Points
● Weather is daily changes in weather while climate is 30
year averages of data (2 points)
● Weather is impacted by changes in the water cycle, air
masses and weather fronts (2 points) while climate is
impacted by elevation, geography, and surface features (2
points)
● Weather is what you actually get daily while climate is
what you expect daily (2 points)
Question 8
● How are air masses different from air fronts?
Answer 8
● 2 Points
● Air masses are large bodies of air that get their
characteristics from the land/water below it (1 point) while
air fronts are the boundaries between air masses that get
their characteristics from the air masses that collide (1
point)
Question 9
● Name and describe air mass D and B
○ Include location and characteristics
Answer 9
● 6 Points
○ Air Mass D
■ Maritime Tropical
■ Formed over water near the equator
■ Warm and Wet
○ Air Mass B
■ Continental Polar
● Formed over land near the poles
● Cold and Dry
Question 10
● How are cold fronts different from warm fronts?
○ Mention how they are formed, how they are identified,
and the weather that occurs afterwards
Answer 10
● 8 Points
● Cold Front
● Warm Front
○ Formed when an cold air
○ Formed when a warm air
mass moves in and under a
mass moves in and over a
warm air mass (1 pt)
cold air mass (1 pt)
○ Cold weather occurs
○ Warm weather occurs
afterwards (1 pt)
afterwards (1 pt)
○ Identified by cumulonimbus
○ Identified by stratus clouds,
clouds, thunderstorms,
hours of rain, and warm
significant drop in pressure,
weather following (2 pts)
and cold weather following (2
pts)
When was the cold front? Explain how you know.
When was the warm front? Explain how you know.
Answer 11
Evidence of the Cold Front:
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Occurred Monday night
Thunderstorms - cumulonimbus
Temperatures dropped after front
moved through
Barometric pressure drops steadily
Cirrus, stratus and cumulonimbus
clouds before the front passes
Evidence of the Warm Front:
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Occurred Friday night
Steady rain
Temperatures increase after the
front moved through
Barometric pressure usually falling
Cirrus and stratus clouds before
passing front
Question 12
● Using the key, describe the weather at
each weather station.
Answer 12
● 7 Points -- ½ POINT EACH
A
B
Temperature
55
85
Dew Point
47
57
Pressure
998
1038
Cloud Cover
100%
75%
Weather
LIGHT RAIN
HEAVY DRIZZLE
Wind Direction
SOUTH
SOUTH WEST
Wind Speed
13-17
3-7