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Atmosphere Review
Air Pressure Diagram
H
L
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
1. Draw an arrow on your diagram to show which way the wind is blowing between the two cities on the map.
2. Circle the pressure system H or L where air is rising from the surface of the Earth because of its density.
3. Draw a sun over the city that is most likely experiencing clear skies and no precipitation.
Sea Breeze Diagram
LAND
OCEAN
4. On the diagram label the location of the low pressure with an L and label the location of the high pressure
with an H.
5. Explain why you placed the low and high air pressure where you did on the sea breeze diagram.
6. What is the name given to this circular movement of air based on differences in air temperature and air
density?
Completion
thermometer
global winds
Doldrums
ultraviolet
radiation
Coriolis Effect
barometer
absorb
Trade Winds
air pressure
reflect
calm region
temperature
7. _______________ is measured by the number of air molecules moving and bouncing off an object.
8. The westerlies and easterlies are examples of ________________.
9. Winds curve clockwise and counterclockwise as they move across Earth’s surface because of the ________________.
10. Light colors like ice sheets and clouds are more likely to ________________ solar radiation.
11. Darker colors like oceans and forested areas are more likely to ________________ solar radiation.
12. A ________________ is the type of instrument used to measure air pressure.
13. ________________ is an example of a calm region existing between two global wind belts.
14. The ozone layer blocks harmful ______________ radiation.
Layers of Atmosphere Matching
(Note, the layers are in order from closest to farthest from the earth.)
troposphere
stratosphere
mesosphere
thermosphere
15. This layer contains the ozone layer and is warmer than you would expect for its location.
16. This layer contains most of the water vapor and weather in the atmosphere. It also gets colder the higher you go.
17. This layer is extremely cold and 99.9% of the atmosphere is below this layer.
18. This layer is extremely hot but we would not notice it because of the lack of air molecules. It is also the layer where
satellites orbit the earth.
High OR Low
19. The equator receives the most direct solar radiation warming the atmosphere and making the air pressure at the
equator _______________.
20. You will find most of the major deserts on earth at 30 degrees north and south latitude. What pressure system creates
these dry ecosystems?
21. Hurricanes and tropical storms form around what type of pressure system?
22. The candle in the shoebox convection current lab represented ______________ air pressure.
23. Which air pressure is most common at the poles?
24. If the Earth did not rotate, how would the global winds move?
25. What causes the Coriolis Effect? What does the Coriolis Effect do to the winds?
26. How do winds move in the different hemispheres:
27. Draw and describe high and low pressure systems in terms of molecule placement and moisture content.
High: ____________________________________________________________
Low: _____________________________________________________________
28. Provide TWO ways the atmosphere helps us survive?
29. Compared to the size of our earth, our atmosphere is extremely thin or thick?
30. Why is the earth NOT heated evenly by the sun?