Name:______________________ Class:_______________ Date:__________
Label the diagrams below:
Weather Study Guide
barometer
Greenhouse Effect
cold radiation
low
temperate
anemometer
high
warm
12. ____________________ breeze
blows from cool water to warm
land.
convection
hurricane
conduction
REMEMBER: Wind blows from
cold to warm (high to low pressure)
Winds are named for where they
blow FROM!!
1. The process by which gases in the atmosphere absorb radiation
from the sun and converts into heat to warm Earth’s surface is
called ________________________________.
13. ________________ breeze blows
from cool land to warm water.
2. A storm surge is a dangerous part of a ________________________.
3. What tool measures air pressure? _____________________________
4. What tool measures wind speed? ______________________________
5. __________________ air rises and ___________________ air sinks.
6. When warm air rises, it creates an area of _________________
pressure.
7. Atlanta, Georgia is located within a __________________________
climate zone.
8. The type of heat transfer that occurs when two items TOUCH is
called ______________________________.
9. The type of heat transfer when heat travels in waves is called
___________________________________.
10. The type of heat transfer that occurs in a liquid or gas and causes
currents is _______________________________.
11. Winds always blow from an area of _________________ pressure to
an area of __________________ pressure.
Label the winds below:
Word bank:
A.
Trade Winds
Polar
Easterlies
B.
C.
Prevailing
Westerlies
Label the SIX air masses below:
Are they cT, mT, cP or mP?
29-32: FRONTS: Label each of the four types of front. There are stationary
fronts, occluded fronts, warm fronts and cold
fronts.
1.
2.
3.
4.
33. What type of front brings showers, thunderstorms and sometimes tornadoes into an area? ______________________________
As you go higher up a mountain, you are increasing your altitude. At
which point on the mountain would it be:
What does each air mass symbol stand for?
34. Colder? _____________
35. Warmer? ________________
_____________________________________21. cP
_____________________________________22. cT
_____________________________________23. mP
_____________________________________24. mT
25. Which air mass is warm and dry? __________
26. Which air mass is warm and wet? ___________
27. Which air mass is cold and dry? ___________
28. Which air mass is cold and wet? ___________
36. Higher pressure? ________________
37. Lower pressure? ________________
38. Less dense air? _______________
39. More dense air? _______________
Storms:
48. Hurricanes are most likely to form over
Identify the symbols below for each storm type (blizzard, thunderstorm,
tornado, hurricane)
A. above tropical landmasses
B. above temperate oceans
40.
______________________________________
C. above polar landmasses
D. above tropical oceans near the equator
49. If there is a hurricane watch/warning issued to your area, what
are some things you should do to prepare?
41.
_______________________________________
50. What is a storm surge?
42.
43.
________________________________________
____________________________________________
51. If there is a tornado WARNING issued to your area, what should
you do?
52. Color in the area of
the U.S. that is known as
“Tornado Alley”
44. Which type of storm forms over OCEANS, and is powered by water
vapor and warm air? ______________________________________________
45. Which type of storm takes place ON LAND, and forms a rapidly
rotating/spinning funnel cloud? ______________________________________
46. Which type of storm can be very severe, and include a tornado, hail
or high winds? ______________________________________________
47. Which type of storm has high winds, lasts at least 3 hours, and
produces snow? ________________________________________________
53. Circle the area of the
U.S. that would be MOST likely to experience a hurricane.
54. The sun heats both land and water. Which heats up faster?
__________________________________________________-
What is air made of?
55. Which heats up slower? ___________________________________________
62. The second most abundant element in air is ________________________
(21%)
56. Differences in temperature cause winds. How does the unequal
heating of land and water produce winds?
63. We breathe in ______________________________.
61. Air is mostly ____________________________________ (78%)
64. We breathe out ______________________________________.
Label the different weather tools below:
57. ________________________________ measures
____________________________________
58. __________________________ measures ___________
__________________________________________________
59. ________________________________ measures ________
______________________________________________________
60. ___________________________________ measures
_________________________________________________
Climate zones: create a tree map below of the three major climate
zones on Earth: