Chapter 19.2 - Highsand Lows
ore centersof
1. Cyclones
pressureossocioted
with cloudsond precipitotion.
2. Is the following senlencetrue or f alse?fn on ontiryclone,the volueof the isoborsincreosesfrom the center to
the outside
oround
3. List the foctors thot cousewinds in the Northern Hemisphere to blow inwordsond counterclockwise
lows.
4 . Is the following sentencetrue or f alse?fn the Southern Hemisphere.windsoroundo cyclonef low outword.
5.
movements
ace low
-surf
aloft
_divergence
surfocehigh
surface divergence
f
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6. Why do weotherreportsolwoysemphosizecyclonesandonticyclones?
il
B.
GlobolWinds
7. How does the otmosphereboloncethe omountsof energyreceivedat different ports of Earth'ssurfoce?
systemto breokdown
8- Is the following sentencetrue or f alse?Eorth's rototioncousesthe two-cellconvection
into smollercells.
9. Select the oppropriateletter in the figure that
PRESSUREzOiE
NE trode winds
eosterlies
-Polor
low
*-eguotorial
erlies
-west
subtropicolhigh
trode winds
-SE
subpolorlow
each part of the globolcirculotionmodel.
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10. In which zonein the f igure doessinkingdry oir produce deserts in some areas?
1 1 . Circlethe letter of the windsneor the equator thot blow from eosterly directions.
b. weiterlies
o. jet streoms
d. Polar r-nsterlies
c. trode winds
t?- Tne interoction of westerliesond polor eosterliesproducesthe
true or false?fnword cnd upwordoirf lowot the eguatoriolzone is associateclwith
13. fs the followingsentence
cloudsond precipitstion.
temperotur e dif f er ences over
seosonol
74. Tn North America,
pressurepottern.
15. Whot cousesmonsoons?
disrupt ihe globol
Chopter19.1 - Air PressureDefined
1. Air pressureis the pressureexertedby the
of oir oboveo certainpoint.
2. Whydoesn'tthe weightof oiroboveo tablecrushit?
true or folse?Averoge
3. Is the followingsentence
air pressureis oboutthe someosthot produced
byo column
of
woter10 m high.
MeasuringAir Pressure
4. Circletheletter of the instrumentusedto neosureoir Dressure.
o. thermometer
c. onemometer
b. borometer
d. oneroidomometer
5. Whenoir pressureincreases,the mercuryinthe tube of o mencurybarometer
6. fs the following sentencetrue or fslse? The mercury barometer wos invented by ialileo
7. List two odvontagesof the oneroidborometer over the mercury barometer.
Focfors Affectirg Wind
8. Windis causedby horizontaldiff erenc* in
9. Ts the followingsentencetrue or false?Pressuredifferencesthot cousewindore generoledby uneguolheofing
of Earth'ssurfoce.
10. Whot three foctors combine
to controlwind?
11- Howore isoborsrelatedto pressuregrodientsZ
72. bue to the Corioliseffecl, windsin the Northern Hemisphe"e
are deflecledto the
13. Is the following sentencetrue or folse? The Corioliseffect occurs becouseEorth rotates underneoththe poth
of movingobjects
14. Howdoesfriction aff ect wind?
15 .
are high-oltitudefost-movingrivers of air that trcvel f rom west to eost.
6. Completethe table below
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Facfor
PressureDifferencu
CoriolisEffect
Friction
FACTORSTHAT AFFECTWIND
Ultinote Couse
Uneguolhe-atingof Earth's surfoce
by the sun
Effect on Wind
Chopter 17.2 EnergyTrorafer as Heqt
l4atch each description with its mechanisnof energy fransfer.
Description
A{echanisrn
of Erergy Tronsfer
_1
a. rodiotion
- transfer of heot by mossmovement
or circulotionwithino substonce
b. convection
. tronsfer of heatthroughmotter
c. conduction
by moleculor
octivity
3. tronsfer of heotwithout requiring
o mediumto trovel throuoh
4. Circlethelelterof theoctof lightbouncing
off anobject.
a. obsorption
b. scottering
c. reflection
d. rodiotion
5. Completethe chort below.
MECHANISMOF ENERGY
TRAN5FER
n"q
I
/Vlechonism
"'
Convecf ion
T
Rodiotion
6- fs the following sentencetrue or false?Allobjects ot ony temperature emit rodiont energy.
7- Hotter objectsemit
total energy per unit oreo thon colder objects do.
8- rs the following sentencetrue or f alse?The hotter a rodioting body is, the longerthe wovelengths
of moximum
rodiotion it will produce.
9. Objectsthot ore goodobsorbersof rodiotionore olsooood
of rodiotion.
Whot Hoppensto Solor Rodiotion?
1o. List three things thot can happenwhenrodiotionstrikes on object.
tt.
Circletheletter of the processfhof producesroys thot trovel in oll directions.
o. obsorption
c.reflection
b. tronsmission
d. scotterino
72. About
backinto spoce.
percentof the solar energyreachingthe outer otmosphereis reflectedor scqttered
13. Whot is the greenhouse
eff ect?
74- Ts the f ollowingsentencetrue or f alse? Another term f or the greenhouseeff ect is globol
worming.
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Dote
Study Guide 1 - The Atmosphereond Air Pressure
ChopferL7.1-17 .2 ond Chopter19.1 -19.2
Chapter 17.1 - Composition
of the Atmosphere
7 . Circlethe letter of the gosthot is the lorgestcomponent
of the otmosphere.
a. oxygen
b. nitrogen
c. woter vopor
d. corbondioxide
2 . fs the followingsenlencetnueonf alse?The sourcaof cll cloudsandprecipitotionis wotervspor.
3 . Why is the ozoneloyer cruciolto lif e on Earth2
Height ond Strrrcture of the Atmosphere
4. Is the followingsentence
true or f alse?Atmospharicpressureincreoses
with height.
5. Selectthe oppropriateletterin the f igurethot
identifies eachof the followinglayersof the
otmosphere.
mesosphere_thermosphere
troposphere _stratosphere
7. Tn the figure, the otmosphereis divided
verticolly into four loyers bosedon
8. Circlethe letter of the layerof the atmosphere
thot contoinsthe ozonelayer.
o. troposphere b. strotosphere
c. mesosphere d. thermosphere
Eorth- Sun Relotionships
9. What ore Eorth'stwo principolmotions?
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1O.Exploinhow we con be closer to the sun in the winier ond forther from the sun in the summer.
11. Drawo pictureof the eorth in relotionship
to the sunduringthe monthof Morch- be sureto includethe
eorth'stilt.
t2. Tsthe followingsenience
true or f alse?At positionI inf igureI @. a84, the Northern
Hemispherewill havelongerdoylightthon dorkness.