Download Chapter 21 Review - The Summer Science Safari Summer Camp

Chapter 21 Review
(You should also study your vocabulary, notes, textbook, on-line quizzes, and directed reading)
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What happens to air pressure as altitude increases?
Describe the composition of the atmosphere.
What is the difference between climate and weather?
List and describe 5 factors that can have an affect on climate. (climate worksheet)
List 5 factors that help determine the type of weather that may occur.
Describe the two factors that help to create wind.
Why is there uneven heating of the earth and what does it help to create?
How is temperature represented on a weather map?
Describe the movement of wind between the poles and the equator.
Describe how wind moves.
Describe jet streams and how they influence our weather.
How are winds named?
Be able to read a wind symbol.
What equipment is used to determine wind speed and direction?
What four factors influence air pressure?
How does each of the above affect air pressure?
What equipment is used to measure air pressure and what are the units for air pressure?
Where is standard air pressure measured from?
Describe low pressure and high pressure systems in terms of temperature, moisture,
weather associated, movement, and representation on a weather map.
What are isobars and isotherms?
How are isobars used to describe wind strength?
How is air pressure used to predict weather?
Describe the 4 types of air masses in terms of temperature, moisture, and source area.
Describe what happens when two air masses meet?
Describe cold fronts, warm fronts, and stationary fronts in terms of movement, what
happens when it meets another air mass, weather before and after it passes, and clouds.
Describe humidity and relative humidity. Include the factors that influence it, how it is
measured, how it is used in forecasting, and dew point.
What are clouds and how do they form?
Know the four types or precipitation and how they form.
Describe a thunderstorm in terms of how they form, weather associated, clouds, and
features associated with it.
Describe lightening and thunder, and how they are related to each other.
Describe how tornadoes form and their characteristics.
Describe how and where hurricanes form, the parts, and stages of development of a
hurricane.
Describe the various types of equipment that are used to predict weather,
Be able to read a weather station for a given location. (pg 580)
What are warnings and watches?