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Module 3 Review 1. The sun heats the Earth through a method known as what? P 1 2. What occurs when the length of the day and night are equal? P 2 What is the winter solstice? P 1 3. An object moving freely in the Northern Hemisphere is deflected to the right of its intended path. This deflection is called what? P 2 4. How long does it take for the Earth to revolve around the sun? p 2 5. What are trade winds? P 3 6. Trade winds coming from the north and the south converge at the equator causing an area of calm winds known as the what? P 3 7. What is the general direction of the jet stream? P 4 8. What is wind? P 9 9. What scale estimates wind speed on both land and sea? P 10 10. When temperature and wind speed are both used to explain how cold it feels, we are referring to the what? P10 11. What is a microburst? P 12 12. The total energy of motion of all the molecules in a substance is called what? P 12 Module 3 Review - 1 13. A measure of molecular motion expressed on a man-made scale is called what? P 12 14. The boiling point of water on the Fahrenheit scale is what? P 12 15. What pressure instrument gives a permanent record of pressure readings? 13 16. A barometer is used to measure what? P13 17. What is precipitation? P 19 18. When air is holding as much water vapor as it can it is called what? P 19 19. When water vapor converts to a liquid it is called what? P 19 20. Dew point is defined as what? P 19 21. What is fog? P 19 22. What are the three basic cloud forms? P 20 23. What is precipitation? P 21 24. How does ice on a runway cause problems for an airplane? P 22 25. What is a front? P 27 Module 3 Review - 2 26. What is the symbol for a very moist and very warm air mass? P 27 27. What is the symbol for an exceptionally cold and very dry air mass? P 27 28. How do cold fronts occur? P 28 28. Draw a diagram that represents a cold occluded front? P 28 30. The three stages of a thunderstorm are what? P 29 31. What are five ideas to increase safety during a thunderstorm? P 30 32. What is the Fujita Wind Damage Scale? P 30-31 Module 3 Review - 3 33. What does it mean for a tornado to be an F-3? P 31 34. What precautions should you take when a tornado is coming? P 31 35. What type of severe weather affects an area hundreds of miles wide and usually continues for more than one week? P 31 36. Winds greater than 155 mph are classified as category _______ on the hurricane damage scale. P 31 37. What distinguishes the “eye” of a hurricane? P 32 FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE ONLY Know the different front types as represented on a map. P. 28 Module 3 Review - 4