Download Weather and Atmosphere Study Guide Test: Wednesday 2/24/16

Weather and Atmosphere Study Guide
Test: Wednesday 2/24/16
Key Vocabulary:
Atmosphere
Troposphere
Ozone Layer
Water Vapor
Precipitation
Condensation
Evaporation
Radiation
Convection
Conduction
Temperature
Air Pressure
Pressure Gradient
Humidity
Wind
Global Winds
Coriolis Effect
Sea Breeze
Land Breeze
Isoline
Isotherm
Isobar
High Pressure System
Low Pressure System
Fronts
Cold Front
Warm Front
Occluded Front
Stationary Front
Air Masses
Continental Tropical
Continental Polar
Maritime Tropical
Maritime Polar
Climate
Prevailing winds
Rainshadow effect
Topics:
Atmosphere
1. What are the roles of the atmosphere? Why is it important to life on Earth?
Air Pressure
1. How does temperature affect air pressure? What temperatures create areas of low/high pressure?
2. How does movement of air affect pressure?
3. How does air pressure affect air flow? Air flows from areas of _________ to _________.
Wind – Global Winds – Local Winds
1. Where does wind come from? FLOWCHART - Direct causes of wind and indirect causes of wind
2. How does the CORIOLIS EFFECT affect global winds on Earth?
3. What causes a low pressure zone along the equator and a high pressure zone at the poles?
4. How does surface type, temperature, and pressure affect sea breezes and land breezes?
Air Masses
1. What are air masses and how do they affect the weather of an area?
2. Be able to identify the type/name/characteristics of an air mass based on where it comes from.
Weather and Atmosphere Study Guide
Test: Wednesday 2/24/16
Fronts
1. Describe a cold front, warm front, stationary front, and occluded front.
2. What weather do you expect from each type of front ^ ?
3. What property of warm air makes it rise above colder air?
4. Be able to locate a front on a map. Know the symbols of each type of front.
Pressure Systems
1. Describe both low and high pressure systems including the direction of air flow and the weather
associated with it.
Interpreting Weather Maps
1. What is an isobar/isotherm?
2. Identify fronts (symbols), pressure systems (symbols).
3. Given isobars, be able to identify pressure systems and areas of strong and calm winds.
4. Given isotherms, be able to identify warmest temperatures and coolest temperatures.
Climate
1. What are the factors that affect climate (7 of them – VIDEO)?
2. What direction does weather travel across the U.S.?
Weather and Atmosphere Study Guide
Test: Wednesday 2/24/16
Weather and Atmosphere Study Guide
Test: Wednesday 2/24/16
Weather and Atmosphere Study Guide
Test: Wednesday 2/24/16