Meteorology Unit 8 Study Guide
Please use your notes, diagrams, and this study guide to study for the Unit 8 TEST. ESPECIALLY USE THE DIAGRAMS IN
YOUR NOTES TO STUDY!
Question
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Answer
They let light and heat in and keep it in, raising
the temperature inside.
____________ is when the surface is heated by electromagnetic Radiation
waves in sunlight. Surface benefits more than atmosphere.
_____________ is when currents circulate warm air up and cool Convection
air down. It is a major cause of weather.
_____________ is when objects come in direct contact and
Conduction
heat is passed from one to the other. Objects resting on the
earth’s surface are affected by this.
A(n) _________________ front happens when a fast moving
Occluded
cold front overtakes a slower warm front.
What evidence best supports the big bang theory?
The galaxies are moving away from each other
What direction do weather patterns generally travel in the
From west to east
United States?
On a station model, what is the wind portion pointing to?
The direction the wind is coming from
What do isolines that are close together mean?
It means the slope is steep, the wind is strong,
the pressure changes rapidly
What measures relative humidity?
Psychrometer
What does a barometer measure?
Atmospheric pressure
Lines of equal atmospheric pressure.
Isobar
Lines of equal temperature.
Isotherms
Boundary between two air masses.
Front
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What layer of the atmosphere hold most of the Ozone (O )?
Stratosphere
Heat moving in the atmosphere in the form of wind is caused by Convection currents due to the Sun
What heats the air close to the surface of the Earth?
Conduction
What is the name of the wind that blows from 30 degrees to
Trade winds
the equator in the northern and southern hemispheres?
How do the Ozone (O3) molecules protect the Earth?
From the Sun’s harmful ultraviolet (UV)
radiation
What natural event can contribute to global cooling?
Volcanic eruptions
What does most research say about carbon dioxide levels and
That they are directly related
global temperatures
Where do hurricanes that affect North America originate from? Warm waters west of Africa
What do hurricanes need to build?
Heat and moisture
What kind of cloud will produce lightning and thunder?
cumulonimbus
What kind of cloud will produce tornadoes?
cumulonimbus
What was the early Earth atmosphere composed of?
Hydrogen and helium
When and how do land breezes move?
Toward the sea during the night.
When and how do sea breezes move?
Toward the land during the day.
How do you know what direction the front is moving?
The symbols are on the side of the line that the
front is moving toward
What kind of air do warm fronts bring?
Warm, moist
What kind of air do cold fronts bring?
Cool, dry
What happens to a hurricane if it passes over land?
It gets weaker
Valley & Ridge
Long parallel ridges and valleys
Appalachian Plateau
Contains most of VA’s coal
35. What is the correct order of U.S. space exploration?
36. Which two inner planets have atmospheres composed mostly
of carbon dioxide?
37. What are the coordinates for Richmond, VA?
38. What greenhouse gas made it possible for the early atmosphere
to absorb and maintain heat?
39. What gas was released by early cyanobacteria?
40. How is hail formed?
41. What is the largest storm on earth?
42. What causes thunder?
43. How is the Earth’s atmosphere layers divided?
44. What is the correct order of the layers of the Earth’s
atmosphere from the Earth up?
45. What happens if the global ice cap melts?
Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, STS(Shuttle) Program
Mars, Venus
Approximately 38 degrees N, 75 degrees W
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Repeated updrafts within a cumulonimbus cloud
Hurricane
Expanding superheated air
Temperature gradient
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere,
Thermosphere.
Earth reflects less light