1. 8.3 Weather Test

2. Regular Format 51 Points 8 Questions 1 Drawing 3 Labeling
4 Short Answer

3. Break Down of Concepts Water Cycle Drawing Parts of the Cycle
Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Runoff
Processes Drive By
Sun and Gravity
States of Matter Changes
Liquid to Gas; Gas to Liquid; Liquid to Liquid

4. Break Down of Concepts Air Pressure, Winds, Climate vs Weather
Label areas of high and low pressure and temperature
Winds
Draw the path of local / global winds
Describe what causes winds
Temperature, Pressure, Reason
How rotation of each impacts winds → Curve
Weather vs Climate
Definitions
Factors that impact each
Differences

5. Break Down of Concepts Air Masses and Fronts Air Masses
How they are created
Labeling Name
Identifying location and characteristics
Air Fronts
Differences between cold and warm fronts
How to identify cold and warm fronts

6. Question 1 Draw the water cycle Label each part
Condensation, Evaporation, Precipitation, Runoff
Label the change in state of matter
Solid, Liquid, Gas
Label the process its driven by
Sun / Gravity

7. Answer 1
14 Points

8. Question 2 Label the following image with High Temperature
Low Temperature
High Pressure
Low Pressure
Arrow showing wind movement

9. Answer 2
5 Points

10. Question 3
Describe what causes winds / how winds move

11. Answer 3
4 Points
Cold air has a high pressure (1 point) and warm air has a low pressure (1 point).
Winds move from high pressure (cold air) to low pressure (warm air) (1 point).
Air moves from high pressure to low pressure so the molecules are evenly spaced (1 point)

12. Question 4
Explain the difference between weather and climate. Mention at least 3 differences.

13. Answer 4
8 Points
Weather is daily changes in weather while climate is 30 year averages of data (2 points)
Weather is impacted by changes in the water cycle, air masses and weather fronts (2 points) while climate is impacted by elevation, geography, and surface features (2 points)
Weather is what you actually get daily while climate is what you expect daily (2 points)

14. Question 5
How are air masses different from air fronts?

15. Answer 5
2 Points
Air masses are large bodies of air that get their characteristics from the land/water below it (1 point) while air fronts are the boundaries between air masses that get their characteristics from the air masses that collide (1 point)

16. Question 6 Name and describe air mass D and B
Include location and characteristics

17. Answer 6 6 Points Air Mass D Maritime Tropical
Formed over water near the equator
Warm and Wet
Air Mass B
Continental Polar
Formed over land near the poles
Cold and Dry

18. Question 7 How are cold fronts different from warm fronts?
Mention how they are formed, how they are identified, and the weather that occurs afterwards

19. Answer 7 8 Points Cold Front
Formed when an cold air mass moves in and under a warm air mass (1 pt)
Cold weather occurs afterwards (1 pt)
Identified by cumulonimbus clouds, thunderstorms, significant drop in pressure, and cold weather following (2 pts)
Warm Front
Formed when a warm air mass moves in and over a cold air mass (1 pt)
Warm weather occurs afterwards (1 pt)
Identified by stratus clouds, hours of rain, and warm weather following (2 pts)