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Weather and Climate
CHAPTERS 16 AND 17
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drawing on several sources and
refocusing the inquiry when
appropriate
Station Models
What is the main
cause of air
movement
around Earth?
TEMPERATURE
DIFFERENCES
Which type of
air has a relative
humidity of 100
percent?
SATURATED
What is a large
body of air that
has the same
properties as the
area over which
it formed
called?
AIR MASS
What refers to
the state of the
atmosphere at a
specific time
and place?
WEATHER
Water falling
from clouds is
called
________________
.
PRECIPITATION
At what temperature
does water vapor in air
condense?
DEW POINT
Which type of
precipitation forms
when water vapor
changes directly into a
solid?
SNOW
A ________________
forms from a rapidly
rotating funnel cloud.
TORNADO
Which type of clouds
are high feathery
clouds made of ice
crystals?
CIRRUS
Which type of front may
form when cool air,
cold air and warm air
meet?
OCCLUDED
Which is issued when
severe weather
conditions exist and
immediate action
should be taken?
WARNING
Which term means the
amount of water vapor
in the air?
HUMIDITY
What does an
anemometer measure?
WIND SPEED
What is a large, swirling
storm that forms over
warm, tropical water
called?
HURRICANE
Describe how air,
water, and the sun
interact to cause
weather.
HEAT FROM THE SUN
CAUSES WATER TO
EVAPORATE, FORMING
WATER VAPOR IN THE AIR.
THE WATER VAPOR RISES
AND COOLS TO FORM
CLOUDS, AND THEN FALLS
AS PRECIPITATION.
Why don’t hurricanes
form in Earth’s polar
regions?
HURRICANES
DERIVE ENERGY
FROM WARM
WATERS. THE
WATER IN POLAR
REGIONS IS TOO
COLD.
What is commonly
found in places where
warm air crosses a
mountain and
descends?
DESERTS
During which of the
following is the eastern
Pacific warmer than
normal?
EL NINO
LA NINA
SUMMER
SPRING
Which of the following is
a greenhouse gas in
Earth’s atmosphere?
HELIUM
HYDROGEN
OXYGEN
CARBON DIOXIDE
Which latitude receives
the most direct rays of
the Sun year-round?
ZERO DEGREES
What happens as you
climb a mountain?
TEMPERATURE
DECREASES
Which of the following is
true of El Nino?
-IT COOLS THE PACIFIC
OCEAN NEAR PERU.
-IT CAUSES FLOODING IN
AUSTRALIA.
-IT COOLS THE WATER OFF
ALASKA.
-IT MAY OCCUR WHEN THE
TRADE WINDS SLACKEN OR
REVERSE.
What do changes in
Earth’s orbit affect?
EARTH’S CLIMATE
Which of the following is
an example of
structural adaptation?
FUR
Which of these can
people do in order to
help reduce global
warming?
CONSERVE ENERGY
BURN COAL
PRODUCE METHANE
REMOVE TREES
Why will it be cooler if
you climb to a higher
elevation in a desert?
IT WILL BE COOLER
IF YOU CLIMB TO A
HIGHER ELEVATION
BECAUSE
TEMPERATURE
DECREASES WITH
ALTITUDE.
Why might global
warming lead to the
extinction of some
organisms?
GLOBAL WARMING
MIGHT LEAD TO THE
EXTINCTION OF SOME
ORGANISMS BECAUSE
SOME ORGANISMS
ARE NOT ADAPTED
FOR WARMER
TEMPERATURES.
Stratus cloud formed
when air is cooled to its
dew point near the
ground
FOG
Large body of air that
has properties similar to
the part of Earth’s
surface over which it
develops
AIR MASS
A boundary between
two air masses of
different density,
moisture, or
temperature
FRONT
Most powerful storm
HURRICANE
Winter storms with winds
56 km/h, low
temperature, visibility is
less than 400 m in falling
or blowing snow
BLIZZARD
A person who studies
the weather.
METEOROLOGIST
A pattern of weather
that occurs in an area
over many years
CLIMATE
Any structure or
behavior that helps an
organism survive in its
environment
ADAPTATION
A period of greatly
reduced activity in
winter that certain
mammals undergo
HIBERNATION
Short periods of climatic
change caused by
changes in the amount
of solar radiation an
area receives
SEASONS
A natural heating that
occurs when certain
gases in Earth’s
atmosphere trap heat
GREENHOUSE
EFFECT