Earth Systems
DIAGRAM/GRAPH REVIEW
Name
1. 1. Label the diagram below with the following terms: polar easterlies, prevailing westerlies, trade
winds, horse latitudes, and ITCZ. Be sure you know the wind directions. Also, label the H and L pressure
regions that result from the rising and sinking air.
2. Label the diagram below with the following terms: wind direction, wind speed, temperature, due
point, precipitation, cloud cover, and pressure. What is this diagram called?
3. Label the following fronts.
4. Use the graph below to answer the questions that follow.
A. How many grams of water are in kilogram of air with 100% relative humidity at the following
temperatures at 250C?
B. Calculate the relative humidity for a sample of 250C air that holds 5 grams of water.
5. Label the following clouds as either cumulus or stratus.
6. Complete the following table.
Cloud Characteristic
high altitude
medium altitude
rain
Cloud Classification
7. Label the sides of the mountain in the following diagram as either windward and leeward.
8. Label the eye and eye wall of the hurricane on the following diagram.
9. What phenomenon does the following diagram represent?
10. Use the following diagrams to explain heat index and wind chill.
Heat Index –
Wind Chill-
11. Label the following parts of the volcano below.
12. Label the following volcanic zones as convergent, divergent, or hot spot.
13. Label the following diagram using the terms pluton, sill, dike, laccolith, and batholith.
14. Label the following volcanoes as either shield or composite.
15. Label the following diagram using the terms in the paragraph.
16. Label the 3 types of seismic waves on the graph below.
17. Label the types of faults as strike-slip, normal, or reverse.
18. Label the name of the location to which the arrow is pointing in the diagram below.
19. Label the following waves as either S-wave or P-wave.
20. Label the following diagrams as either spring or neap tides.