Download Name Date ______ Class Period ______ Review: Earth`s

Name ___________________________ Date ____________ Class Period ________
Review: Earth’s Atmosphere, Layers, Wind, Air Masses, Fronts
Study the figure at the right, then answer the questions below.
1. Altitude is greater at point _____________.
2. Air pressure is greater at point ___________.
3. Density of the air is greater at point ________.
4. The percentage of oxygen in the air at point A is ________.
5. What is the most abundant gas in our atmosphere? _____________
6. Name some solid particles in air. _________________________________________________.
The graph below shows altitudes and temperatures for the four main layers of the atmosphere Use the graph to
answer question 11-16.
11. The layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs is the _______________________________
12. The _________________________________is the layer of the atmosphere that contains ozone.
13. The _______________________________is the outer layer of the thermosphere.
14. Most meteoroids burn up in the ____________________________________.
15. The __________________________is divided into the 2 sublayers, the exosphere and ionosphere.
16. The _____________________________lies between the mesosphere and exosphere.
Identify the strong wind belts in the diagram below (1-3). Also, explain where you would find the doldrums and the
horse latitudes (4-5).
17. (1) ___________________________________
18. (2) ___________________________________
19. (3) ___________________________________
20. (4) ___________________________________
21. (5) ___________________________________
Look at the figures to answer these questions. Label H for high pressure and L for low pressure on both diagrams.
(B)
(A)
22. Which picture shows a land breeze? _____________
23. A sea breeze blows from the ____________to the ___________.
24. A __________________wind blows over a short distance.
25. A __________________wind curves because of the Coriolis Effect.
26. Winds blow from areas of ___________pressure to ____________
pressure and are caused by the uneven _________________ ofEarth’s surface.
27. The______________heats up and cools faster than the ______________.
28. A warm, humid air mass affects our weather in GA. What is it? _____________
29. A front always brings a change in ___________________________.
Water Cycle
1.
The water cycle is the Earth's way of _______.
Getting rid of water
Recycling water
Using up all of our water
Cleaning our water
2. The water cycle begins with ________.
Condensation
Evaporation
Precipitation
Trick question-the water cycle has no beginning or end
3.
When the Sun heats up the puddle of water in your backyard and turns it into water vapor, this process is
known as ________.
Condensation
Evaporation
Precipitation
Collection
4. When you see clouds forming in the sky, the water above you is forming droplets in what stage of the water
cycle?
Collection
Condensation
Precipitation
Evaporation
5. In the collection stage of the water cycle, water finds itself back in oceans, streams, and rivers by way of
________.
The suction force that comes from large bodies of water
Gravity and the fact that things tend to flow downhill
Animals that carry the water back
People
6. As time goes by, and water goes through the water cycle again and again, the amount of water on Earth
_______.
Increases
Decreases
Stays the same
Goes up and down
7.
The water that was around when dinosaurs roamed the Earth:
Is gone, and has been for a long time
Is about halfway gone
Is the same water we use today
Would be really dirty if it were still around