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CRT STUDY GUIDE FOR 1ST QUARTER
1. The motion of the Earth as it orbits the sun is called a _____________________.
2. The spinning of the Earth on its axis is called a _________________.
3. The period of time it takes the Earth to travel around the sun is called a _____________.
4. The day of the year that has more sunlight than darkness (the longest day) is June 21 and is known as the
_____________________ _______________________.
5. The ___________ ______ _______ ________________ causes the seasons of the year.
6. If the Northern Hemisphere is experiencing summer, then the Southern Hemisphere is experiencing
_______________________.
7. During the winter, _______________ regions of earth receive almost 24 hours of darkness.
8. Because the angle that sunlight strikes this area, the _________________ receive 12 hours of direct
sunlight all year long.
9. If the Earth was not tilted there would be no _____________________.
10. Water that falls from the clouds as rain, sleet, snow, or hail is _______________________.
11. Water vapor changes back into liquid water during ________________________.
12. Liquid water changes into water vapor during __________________________.
13. Energy to support the cycling of water in the water cycle comes from the ___________.
14. The main effect of the water cycle is that it allows water to be _________________.
15. The process in which producers (plants) take carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and make energy for
themselves and other organisms is called _____________________________.
16. During photosynthesis, producers take __________________ _______________ from the environment.
17. Fungi and bacteria that break down the remains of dead organisms are called ____________________.
18. The breaking down of the remains of dead organisms by decomposers, and returning carbon to the
environment, is called ____________________________.
19. The burning of fossil fuels (combustion) is part of the ________________ cycle.
20. Excessive carbon dioxide that is trapped in Earth’s atmosphere increases the ____________________
effect which hurts the Earth by increasing global ______________________.
21. The main effect of recycling carbon within Earth and its atmosphere is that ______________ can exist.
22. If carbon could not be recycled, life could not exist, because all the carbon would be tied up in
_____________ organisms.
23. There is only a _________________ amount of carbon in the world.
24. Fossil fuels originate from the buried remains of dead _____________________ and are burned by
humans for ____________________.
25. All organisms (producers, consumers, decomposers) release _______________ _________________
into the environment as they burn sugar for energy.
26. The United States is affected mostly by the prevailing ____________________.
27. Narrow belts of wind that are found in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere are the _______
_______________.
28. Areas of low pressure around the equator (0°latitude) with little or no wind are the
____________________.
29. Areas of high pressure and weak winds found at 30° north latitude and 30° south latitude are the
____________________ ______________________.
30. The ________________ ________________ causes winds in the northern hemisphere to curve to the
right and winds in the southern hemisphere to curve to the left.
31. The Gulf Stream, which carries warm water to the North Atlantic Ocean, creates a ____________
climate for Europe.
32. El Nino, the heating of the waters of the Pacific Ocean, causes a large change in _______________
patterns.
33. An air mass that forms over water is a ___________________________ air mass.
34. An air mass that forms over land is a _________________________________ air mass.
35. The amount of water vapor in the air is called _________________________.
36. Winds that generally move short distances and can blow from any direction are called _____________
winds.
37. Winds that depend on local geography are called ______________ winds.
38. A local wind caused by cooler air moving from the sea toward the land is called a _____________
breeze.
39. A local wind caused by cooler air moving from the land toward the sea is called a ____________
breeze.
40. A local wind created at night when cooler air sinks from the top of a mountain into a valley is a
_________________ breeze.
41. A local wind created during the day when warm air from a valley moves up is a ____________ breeze.
42. A large body of air with the same temperature and moisture throughout is a/an _______ ________.
43. A maritime tropical air mass has air that is _______________and _______________.
44. An area where two air masses come together is called a ________________.
45. A front that occurs when a cold air mass meets a warm air mass and pushes the warm air mass out of the
way is a ______________ front.
46. A front that occurs when a warm air mass meets a cold air mass and pushes the cold air out of the way is
a ____________ front.
47. A front that begins with drizzly precipitation and is followed by warm, clear weather is a __________
front.
48. A front that forms when a warm air mass is trapped between two cold air masses and causes the warm
air to rise is a/an ___________________________ front.
49. A small, intense weather system capable of producing strong winds, heavy rain, lightening, and thunder
is a _______________________________.
50. A weather system that is an area of high pressure (anticyclone) always brings _____________ weather.
51. A weather system that is an area of low pressure (cyclone) always brings _____________ weather.
52. Weather that is influenced by fronts, local winds, and upper level atmospheric winds is called
_________________ weather.
53. A line that connects points of equal air pressure on weather maps is an _________________.
54. A prediction of the weather over the next 3 to 5 days is a weather ___________________.
55. A small, circular diagram that represents the weather conditions at a weather station is a
______________________ ____________________.
56. A weather instrument used to measure air pressure is a __________________________.
57. A weather instrument used to measure relative humidity is a _________________________.
58. A weather instrument used to determine heat energy of the atmosphere is a _______________________.
59. A weather instrument used to measure wind speed is an _______________________.
60. A weather instrument used to determine the direction of the wind is a ____________ ___________ or
_________________ ________________.
61. A weather instrument used to find the location, movement, and intensity of precipitation and the form of
precipitation a weather system is carrying is ___________.
62. A weather instrument used to provide images of the swirling clouds seen on television weather forecasts
is a ________________________ ______________________.
DIAGRAMS AND PICTURES/SYMBOLS
Diagram of Earth’s tilt as it orbits the sun to label seasons in both hemispheres.
Diagram of the water cycle to label evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, and runoff.
Diagram of the carbon cycle to label photosynthesis, combustion, respiration, decomposition, and carbon
dioxide entering and leaving the atmosphere.
A weather map showing high pressure, low pressure, cold front, warm front, occluded front, and the direction
they are moving.
A weather map showing isobars turning into low pressure areas and high pressure areas. Show pressure
numbers.
Map with weather systems that must be located by latitude and longitude.
Pictures of a wind sock, weather vane, and anemometer.
The Earth diagram of global winds for labeling.
Pictures to identify cirrus, stratus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus clouds.
Climatographs. Read by month, precipitation, and temperature.