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This document provides a study guide for a weather test covering topics like the layers of the atmosphere, heat transfer through convection, conduction, and radiation, air pressure systems, air masses, fronts, and more. Students are expected to know key terms and concepts about atmospheric structure and processes, how air masses move across regions, the differences between warm and cold fronts, and how pressure systems impact weather patterns. The guide reviews these essential topics through a series of questions to help students prepare for the test.

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Weather Study Guide Answer Key

This document provides a study guide for a weather test covering topics like the layers of the atmosphere, heat transfer through convection, conduction, and radiation, air pressure systems, air masses, fronts, and more. Students are expected to know key terms and concepts about atmospheric structure and processes, how air masses move across regions, the differences between warm and cold fronts, and how pressure systems impact weather patterns. The guide reviews these essential topics through a series of questions to help students prepare for the test.

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Weather Test Study Guide

Due by THURSDAY 11/14


1.) What are the layers of the atmosphere from lowest to highest?
-Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere
2.) Know what occurs in each layer of the atmosphere.
-Troposphere: Where weather occurs, most mass
-Stratosphere: Contains ozone layer
-Mesosphere: Protects Earth’s surface from meteoroids
-Thermosphere: Where space shuttles orbit
3.) What is heat transfer?
-Always moves from a warmer substance to a colder substance
4.) Know the difference in convection, radiation, and conduction. Provide an example of each.
-Convection: Transfer of energy through movement of matter. Example: Warm air rises, cold air
sinks
-Conduction: Transfer of energy through direct contact. Example: The handle of a pot on the
stove
-Radiation: Transfer of energy through electromagnetic waves
5.) Describe cold air:

6.) In which direction does air move?


From high pressure to low pressure
7.) The curving of air to the right in the Northern Hemisphere is caused by Earth’s Rotation and is
called the Coriolis Effect.
8.) Which winds have the greatest impact on the U.S.?
-Prevailing Westerlies
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9.) Which image is a land breeze and which is a sea breeze?

Diagram X=Land breeze, Diagram Y=Sea Breeze


10.) What kind of breeze is below and when would it form?

Land breeze, daytime


11.) Describe how land and sea breezes work
-In the day, when the sun is up, the land heats up very quickly and the air above it warms up a
lot more than the air over the water. The warm air over the land is less dense and begins to rise.
Low pressure is created. The air pressure over the water is higher with cold dense air, which
moves to occupy the space created over the land. The cool air that comes along is called a sea
breeze.
12.) Describe where each type of air mass is most likely to originate on Earth’s surface?
-See question 22 😊
13.) Describe the Easterlies, Westerlies, and Trade Winds
-Easterlies: Blow from east to west
-Westerlies: Blow from west to east
14.) Where do hurricanes originate?
-Warm tropical oceans
15.) An air mass is a large body of air that has the same properties as the Earth's surface over which
it develops and has the same density and moisture content.
16.) How do air masses move across the United States?
The prevailing westerlies move air masses from west to east across the United States but may
be deflected by the jet stream.
17.) Describe the different types of air masses
m-Maritime (wet), c-Continental (dry), T-Tropical (warm), P-Polar (cold)
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18.) What do you call the boundary between cold and warm air masses?
-Front
19.) Describe and warm front and a cold front

-Warm Front: When a warm air mass gently slides on top of a cold air mass

-Cold Front: Cold air mass slides on top of a warm air mass

20.) Which type of fronts are pictured below?

#1-Stationary front #2-Cold front #3-Warm Front


21.) Why is it harder to breath at higher altitudes?
-At higher altitudes air pressure is lower
22.) Which type of weather would each air mass bring?

A and F-Cold/Humid; B and E-Cold/Dry; C and G: Warm/Humid; D-Warm/Dry


23.) Label each of the symbols below:

Warm Front Stationary Front Cold Front


24.) What type of weather can be expected from a high pressure system? What type of weather can
be expected from a low pressure system?
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Due by THURSDAY 11/14
-Low Pressure: Cloudy Weather, High Pressure: Good Weather/Sunny
25.) How do differences in air pressure affect the movement of air?
-Air moves from high pressure to low pressure

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