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Meteorology Study Guide
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Date
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Match the correct letter to the correct statement.
______ 1. Approximately 78% of Earth’s atmosphere is this gas
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______ 2. This layer contains 75% of the atmospheric gases and is where weather occurs
______ 3. This layer is where auroras form
______ 4. The layer above the stratosphere where temperature begins to fall again
______ 5. The boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere
______ 6. This layer shields life from ultraviolet radiation from the Sun
______ 7. This layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer
______ 8. The mixture of gases, liquids, and solids that surrounds the Earth
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Exosphere
Troposphere
Nitrogen
Ozone Layer
Thermosphere
Oxygen
Tropopause
Atmosphere
______ 9. The outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere
______ 10. Approximately 21% of Earth's atmosphere is this gas
______ 12. Burning of these have increased CO2 levels in the atmosphere
______ 13. Rise of global temperatures due to increase in CO2
______ 14. CFCs are destroying this molecule in the upper atmosphere
______ 15. Pressure zone generally associated with cool, dry weather
______ 16. Pressure zone generally associated with warm, wet weather
______ 17. Front that moves quickly and produces rain at the front
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Low Pressure
Warm Front
Cold Front
Fossil fuels
Ozone
High Pressure
Global warming
______ 18. Front that moves slowly and produces miles of clouds and long periods of
gentle, soaking rains
______ 19. Pressure system that rotates clockwise and outward
______ 20. Pressure system that rotates counter-clockwise and inward.
______ 21. A narrow violent funnel-shaped column of spiral winds that extends downward
from the cloud base toward Earth
______ 22. Storm characterized by sustained winds of 120 km/hr (75 miles/hr) or greater
______ 23. Measures humidity in the air
______ 24. Measures air pressure
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Anemometer
High Pressure
Psychrometer
Hurricane
Barometer
Low Pressure
Tornado
Thermometer
______ 25. Measures air temperature
______ 26. Measures wind speed
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Scale that ranks tornadoes according to destruction, wind speed, & duration
Scale that classifies hurricanes according to wind speed
The long-term weather patterns of an area
Current state of the atmosphere, including short-term variations such as
temperature and precipitation
Warm, wet air mass
Warm, dry air mass
Cold, wet air mass
Cold, dry air mass
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B.
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H.
Continental polar (cP)
Continental topical (cT)
Climate
Fujita
Maritime polar (mP)
Maritime tropical (mT)
Saffir-simpson
Weather
Match the correct letter to the correct statement.
______ 35. Cold, dense air displaces warm, moist air and forces the warm air up along a
steep front
______ 36. Warm air displaces cold air; the warm air is pushed up a gradual slope
______ 37. A front in which neither air mass is moving
______ 38. A large body of air with the characteristics of the area over which it forms
______ 39. The temperature at which water vapor in the air condenses into liquid water
______ 40. The amount of water vapor in the air
______ 41. The ratio of water vapor in a volume of air compared to how much that
volume of air is capable of holding
______ 42. Due to the Earth’s rotation, moving particles (such as air) are deflected to
the right in the Northern Hemisphere
______ 43. Small particles in the atmosphere around which cloud droplets can form
______ 44. Narrow bands of fast, high altitude, westerly winds
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Question
Define:
a. Convection
b. Conduction
c. Radiation
Answer
a.
b.
c.
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Lines of equal pressure are called? What do
these indicate if they are close together?
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Change of state of matter from a gas to liquid to
solid is called? Change from a gas to liquid is
called?
Label each layer and “pause” in the blank boxes
on the picture on the right. Use these terms for
your labeling.
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Mesosphere
Mesopause
Tropopause
Stratopause
Thermosphere
Troposphere
Stratosphere
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What layer of the atmosphere is not shown in
the above diagram?
What happens to pressure as altitude increases?
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Air mass
Cold front
Condensation nuclei
Coriolis Effect
Dew point
Humidity
Jet Stream
Relative humidity
Stationary front
Warm front
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Explain how clouds form. Include the terms dew
point and condensation nuclei.
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The average temperature at Earth’s North Pole is
colder than the average temperature at the
Equator because the Equator ___.
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Dry Temperature __12_
Wet Temp __10_
Difference _____
a. receives less ultraviolet radiation (sunlight)
b. receives more intense radiation (sunlight)
c. has more cloud cover
d. has a thicker atmosphere
Cloud base altitude _________
Dewpoint _____
Relative Humidity _____
54
What determines the temperature and moisture
content of an air mass?
Carefully look at the pictures below and answer the next 3 questions.
Ocean
Ocean
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Which of the pictures above correctly shows the movement of air
during the daytime and is called a sea breeze?
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Which of the pictures above correctly shows the movement of air
during the night time and is called a land breeze?
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In a couple of sentences, describe how
and why this process works(seabreeze
and landbreeze). Include high and low
pressure in your description!
The distance at between b and a is 650
miles. What is the gradient between B
and A? Show work.
Ocean
Ocean
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Name and draw the symbols for the four
fronts.
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Name the four major factors that
determine the climate of an area.
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c.
d.
61. Label each set of winds with the correct name. Then use the diagram to answer the next question.
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The surface winds shown in the diagram follow
a. revolution
c. rotation
curving paths mainly due to Earth’s __.
b. gravitational field
d. magnetic field
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Which weather station model represents the location with the greatest probability of precipitation?
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Which weather station model represents a location where a thunderstorm is occurring?
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At which weather station is visibility greatest?
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At which weather station is barometric pressure the highest?
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Which station model represents an atmospheric pressure of 1009.2 millibars and a temperature of 75 oF?
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Which of the diagrams on the right
correctly shows the direction of wind
between pressure areas? Circle your
answer choice.
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Compare and contrast tornadoes and
hurricanes using the following criteria:
Wind speed, size, location, and duration.