Download Name: Core: _____ Date: ______ INNOVATION LAB – WEATHER

Name: _______________________________
Core: _____
Date: ____________
INNOVATION LAB – WEATHER REVIEW #1
Directions: Complete the worksheet that was given to you in class by reading the lesson and answering the questions.
Then, answer 20 multiple choice questions as a review. For any that you get incorrect, you need to write down the
answer in a complete sentence (and a full thought!).
1. The air particles in the atmosphere are constantly circulating in _____________________________ due to
____________________________ caused by _______________________________ by the Sun.
2. What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere? _________________________ What is its percentage? _______%
3. What is the second most abundant gas? __________________________ What is its percentage? _______%
4. The changing amount of water vapor in the atmosphere is one of the biggest causes of all the weather patterns seen
on Earth. Water vapor can be up to what percentage of the atmosphere? _______%
Write down the layer of the atmosphere that each description applies to. There may be more than one answer.
5. Weather occurs here. ____________________________________________________________________________
6. The uppermost layer of the atmosphere. ____________________________________________________________
7. Contains the ozone layer. ________________________________________________________________________
8. As you increase in altitude, temperature decreases.___________________________________________________
9. As you increase in altitude, temperature increases.____________________________________________________
10. As you increase in altitude, air pressure increases.___________________________________________________
11. As you increase in altitude, air pressure decreases.__________________________________________________
12. The layer that contains the most gas particles.______________________________________________________
13. The layer of the atmosphere that we live in. ________________________________________________________
14. What is the definition of air pressure?
15. Where is air pressure higher, in the mountains or at the ocean? _______________________
16. Warm air is _________ dense and produces ____________ pressure than cold air.
17. What instrument is used to measure air pressure? __________________________
18. The climate of an area is defined based on the ________________________________________ of the area.
19. How does the amount of energy received from the Sun affect the climate?
20. How does the movement of air masses affect the climate?
21. How does elevation affect the climate?
22. How does proximity to mountains affect the climate?
23. How does proximity to water and the water cycle affect the climate?
24. Here in NC, we are at 38 degrees N latitude. Which climate zone are we in? _____________________________
25. Why do different portions of Earth receive different amounts of sunlight?
26. When a region of the Earth’s surface warms, this causes the _______________________ above this region to
___________________ and ____________. This is associated with ___________ pressure.
27. Winds tend to travel from regions of __________________________ to _________________________. In other
words, as warm air expands and rises, _______________, _____________ air rushes in to replace it along the ground.
This is the main cause of __________________________________.
28. Why do afternoon thunderstorms form as a result of atmospheric convection?
29. During the day, the air of the land is (warmer or colder?) _____________. This air then (rises or sinks?) __________,
creating an area of (high or low?) _________ pressure. However, the air over the ocean is (warmer or colder?)
_____________. This air then (rises or sinks?) __________, creating an area of (high or low?) _________ pressure.
30. What kind of breeze is described in question #29? ____________________________
31. At night, the air of the land is (warmer or colder?) _____________. This air then (rises or sinks?) __________,
creating an area of (high or low?) _________ pressure. However, the air over the ocean is (warmer or colder?)
_____________. This air then (rises or sinks?) __________, creating an area of (high or low?) _________ pressure.
32. What kind of breeze is described in question #31? ____________________________
33. On a global scale, winds do not usually travel in straight lines from high pressure to low pressure, but tend to be
twisted as a result of the Earth’s daily rotation. What is this called? __________________________________
34. The United States and Canada lie between 30° and 60° latitude. At this latitude, they are affected which winds called
the _________________________. Weather patterns in this region will therefore come from the ____________.
35. Due to the high specific heat capacity of water—relative to land—the ocean currents _________________________
to different portions of the planet, and this can have significant impacts on the _________________________________.
36. Western Europe is significantly warmer than other parts of the world due to a warm ocean surface current called the
_____________________.