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Name____________________________ Teacher_____________________ Science 8.____ Date_______________ Meteorology Final Exam Study Guide – Part 1 The Atmosphere 1. Define the following terms • Meteorology–_____________________________________________________________________ • Atmosphere - _____________________________________________________________________ 2. Describe the layers of the atmosphere: • Troposphere - _______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ • Stratosphere - _______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ • Mesosphere - _______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ • Thermosphere_______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ • Exosphere - _______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ 3. For the weather instruments below, indicate the weather factor that it measures and the units used. • Barometer - _______________________________________________________________________ • Thermometer - _____________________________________________________________________ • Hygrometer - ______________________________________________________________________ • Wind Vane - ______________________________________________________________________ • Anemometer - _____________________________________________________________________ 4. What is the difference between mass and weight? _______________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What are the two most abundant gases found in Earth’s atmosphere and their percentages? __________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What are the two most common variable gases found in Earth’s troposphere? __________________________________________________________________________________________ Reasons for the Seasons 7. At what angle is Earth’s axis tilted? ___________________________ 8. How long does it take Earth to rotate once? _________________________ 9. How long does it take Earth to revolve once? __________________________ 10. Earth’s North Pole always points toward what item in the sky? _________________________ 11. What is solar angle? 12. Explain why we have seasons. Compare June vs. December in the United States. June Tilt of Axis Solar Angle High or low Amount of daylight Large or small amount Amount of energy absorbed Large or small amount of energy Resulting Temperature Differences Season December 13. What is the name of the day with the shortest amount of daylight, & the beginning of winter? Winter Solstice 14. What is the name of the day with the longest amount of daylight, & the beginning of summer? Summer Solstice 15. What is the name given to a day where there is equal daylight and darkness? Equinox. Spring and Fall Equinox Energy Transfer in the Atmosphere 16. Define the following terms: • Heat- ____________________________________________________________________________ • Radiation - ________________________________________________________________________ • Differential Heating - ________________________________________________________________ • Conduction - _______________________________________________________________________ • Re-radiation - ______________________________________________________________________ • Kinetic Energy - ____________________________________________________________________ 17. Explain how the atmosphere is heated. Include a sketch. Be sure to include/label the following: a. Radiation b. Conduction c. Re-radiation d. How the ground contributes to the heating. e. Kinetic Energy __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 18. Define the following terms: • Convection -_______________________________________________________________________ • Convection Cell - ___________________________________________________________________ • Density - __________________________________________________________________________ • Mass -_____________________________________________________________________________ • Volume - __________________________________________________________________________ 19. What is the density equation? 20. A student mixed two salt solutions and wanted to know which was denser. She had 30 mL of solution A, and its mass was 45 g. She also had 40 mL of solution B, and its density was 50 ml. Which solution was denser? Be sure to show all of your work! Solution A Solution B 21. What is the relationship between density and temperature? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ .
