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THIS HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT HAS BEEN UPDATED!!!

HOMEWORK FOR TUESDAY, DEC. 6, 2017

NOW,  ANSWER THROUGH QUESTION 12 AT LEAST.

Unit test on Wed., Dec. 15

Homework tonight: Answer the first 5 questions or more of the following Study Guide: 

Name _________________________________            Date ______________  review__________ gr:___/72

Weather and Atmosphere Study Guide

    1.    What are the two most common gases in the atmosphere?  _________ and  _________.

    2.    Where is most of Earth’s water found?

    3.       Ocean currents transfer ____________ from one place to another?  (Hint: it’s not just water).

    4.      What are clouds mostly made of?   _____________

    5.    What are three things (“Weather features”) that you can measure to describe weather?

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    6.    How is weather different from climate?  Weather describes features at a particular (short) ________ and _____________, while climate describes weather patterns over a _____ time and large ______________.

    7.    Name the type of instrument that you use to measure:

a)temperature ___________________________

b) air pressure ___________________________

c) wind direction ___________________________

d) wind speed ___________________________

    8.    What factors influence climate?

          a.  From solid to liquid is called: “ _ _ _ _ ing_”

        

          b. From liquid to solid is called: “ _ _ _ _ _ ing_”

           c. From gas to liquid is called : __________

       d.  From __________ to ___ is called: __________

           e.  Now, write them on the arrow sides of a triangle. 

  

   9.  What are the words we use to describe changes from one state of matter to another?

10.    Name the Earth’s atmospheric layers in order from lowest to highest, and circle the layer where most weather occurs.

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     11.    As you go higher in the atmosphere, what happens to:

a.    Air density?  It ______________________

b.    Air pressure?  It ______________________

c.    Air  temperature?  It ______________________

    12.    What powers the water cycle?

     13. What is the water cycle?  

     14.  What is the water cycle?  Write one paragraph explaining the water cycle. 

           The water cycle is how water ……

  15.    Does the amount of water on Earth always stay the same?    Circle one:  Yes  /  no

        16.    Explain your answer to the question above.

 

        17.    Draw and label the water cycle, showing where you can find:

a.    the four stages of the water cycle

___________, ___________, ___________, ___________

        

i.               two places where water moves through land, and

___________, ___________

ii.            two places where water moves on land;

                                ___________, ___________

iii.           three states of matter.

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18.  Fill in the table: What are the six types of climates?  (See p. E20-21).  Name them, and describe how they are different. 

Climate name:
Temp range:
Precipitation range:

     19.    Where is most water on Earth found? ___________

     20.    What is the freezing point of water: ___________^oC  ___________^oF

     21.    Where does a sea breeze start and end?  It goes from the _________ to the _________.

     22.    Where does a land breeze start and end? It goes from the _________ to the _________.

     23.    Convection is the transfer of heat in a gas or liquid. This causes hot air to rise and cool air to sink. Give an example:

     24.    Name at least three factors that you should include in a weather forecast report:

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