What is WEATHER? How much do you know?

1. What kind of clouds are these?

2. What is this (be specific)? Units?

What’s the relationship? Why? 3. Evaporation Humidity What’s the relationship? Why?

4. Why would a descending air mass tend to become drier?

5. What are the steps for cloud formation?

6. What’s happening here?

7. What does “nimbo” mean?

What’s the relationship? Why? 8. Humidity Density What’s the relationship? Why?

9. Is this a low pressure system or a high pressure system? How do you know?

10. What type of clouds are these?

11. What would we experience if the cloud base was at sea level?

12. What is the RH% and the dewpoint? 11. 12. What is the RH% and the dewpoint?

13. How could we have a day with no clouds?

14. Which compass direction do weather systems travel in the US? Why?

15. What kind of lines are these?

16. 17. What are they called? What do they measure?

What’s the relationship? Why? 18. Density Air pressure What’s the relationship? Why?

19. Define dewpoint a. As the dewpoint temperature of a sample of air decreases, the amount of moisture in that sample of air will______________________________.

What’s the relationship? 20. Dewpoint Altitude What’s the relationship?

21. Describe the relationships pictured here.

What’s the relationship? What page ESRT? 22. In the troposphere: Altitude Temperature What’s the relationship? What page ESRT?

What’s the relationship? What page ESRT? 23. Altitude Air Pressure What’s the relationship? What page ESRT?

24. What’s the relationship?

25. What is this process called?

26. How is heat transferred in the atmosphere? a.What causes surface (planetary) winds?

27. Name the dates of A, C, E, and G Why is it important to know INSOLATION for weather? 27. Name the dates of A, C, E, and G 28. How many days does it take the Earth to move from C to E?

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30. 31. Describe the relationship between the two variables from 11 am -6pm August “10 #28

31. Where are the winds blowing the fastest? How do you know? What’s the formula to find gradient?

32. What type of front is this? 33. Write the air masses which might be found here 34. Write the air masses which might be found here

35. Yesterday, the sky looked like this: Today the sky looks like this: Describe why an observer might witness clouds in this sequence? What can I expect tomorrow?

38. Name the possible air masses at each location. 36. On which side of the cold front are clouds and precipitation generally found? Describe the clouds. 37. On which side of the warm front are clouds and precipitation generally found? Describe the clouds. 38. Name the possible air masses at each location.

40. Where do hurricanes usually originate? 39. Infer why weather forecasting has become more accurate. 40. Where do hurricanes usually originate? 41. What might endanger us in a hurricane? 42. What can we do to keep safe from the dangers of a hurricane?

43. Where might an observer find an “unstable” air parcel? Why? 44. Describe what may cause the phenomena pictured above 45. What kind of precipitation might happen here? 46. What does mean and how does it form?

47. Describe the weather at this location

49. Explain what causes the direction of the ocean currents. a. Why do they curve?

Review of weather and other topics: August “10 #27

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During which time of year do they occur?   Hurricane Tornado Blizzard During which time of year do they occur? About how long do they last (minutes or days)? Where do they form? Relative size

Scale used to measure intensity Dangers associated with each   Blizzards don’t have a scale. Write criteria to be called a blizzard: Dangers associated with each Type of damage associated with each Precautions to keep your family and property safe How do you keep safe DURING the storm?