Download Diff Geoscience

Honors Physical Science
Air masses and weather S2 2017
Read Chapter 12, pages 299 to 311
Name:
Period:
1.
What happens to the area illuminated by sunlight as the rays strike the ground at a lower angle?
2.
What happens to the relative intensity of the sunlight as it strikes at a lower angle?
3.
Why does the air tend to flow up and away from the equator?
4.
Give the type of air mass (Continental tropical, maritime tropical, continental polar, maritime polar,
arctic) associated with each set of conditions.
Warm and dry
Cold and humid
Very cold and dry
Warm and humid
Cold and dry
5.
Choose your dream vacation spot, and predict the air masses that would affect the climate there.
6.
What type of air mass brings very cold winter air to Nebraska?
7.
Thunderstorms occur when a warm humid air mass is forced over a cold dry air mass.
Where would each type of air mass probably come from in the Midwest US?
8.
How is a front related to air masses?
9.
List and describe the weather for the 4 types of fronts outlined in the book.
-
10.
Why does a slower moving warm front cause a wider area of precipitation than a fast moving cold front?
11.
What type of weather is associated with rising warm humid air? What pressure system does this
describe?
12.
What causes an area of high air pressure?
13.
Why does an area of low pressure have air flowing into it?
14.
Why do areas of low pressure form clouds more easily than areas of high pressure?
15.
How is weather different than climate? Which term does global warming refer to?