STUDY GUIDE FOR TEST
Pg. 117
Weathering, Atmosphere, Energy Transfer, Winds, Water Cycle & Weather
What to Study:
 Pg. 103 Notes: Rocks and Weathering
•
Pg. 109 Notes: Water Cycle

Pg. 105 Notes: Air Pressure and Atmosphere
•
Pg. 111 Notes: Weather /Clouds

Pg. 106 Graph of the Atmosphere (How did scientists
•
Pg. 113 Notes: Air Masses and Predicting
identify the boundaries between the layers?)
Weather
Pg. 107 Notes: Energy Transfer and Air Movement
•
Pg. 114 Journal: El Nino
•
Pg. 115 Weather Maps

Essay Questions and Diagrams to Label:

Pg. 116 Global Changes in Atmosphere
1. Name the layers of the atmosphere below and give a brief description of each layer.
Name
Description
2. Name the three types of heat transfer. Explain how each occurs and give an example of each.
a.__________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
b.__________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
c.__________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
3. Three things can happen to the radiation that Earth receives from the sun. What are they?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
4. We talked about many jobs of the atmosphere in class. Name four things that the atmosphere does.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
5. Label the diagram of the water cycle. Use the word bank.
1.______________________
2.______________________
3.______________________
4.______________________
5.______________________
6.______________________
7.______________________
8.______________________
9.______________________
10.____________________
6. Label the major air masses below that affect the weather across the U.S. Use two appropriate terms for
each.
A._______________________ F.________________________
B._______________________ G.________________________
C._______________________ H.________________________
D.______________________
E._______________________
7. Use the weather map to answer the questions.
Use the key on the weather map on pg. 113 in your
folder
1. Temperature in NO _________________
2. Wind direction in NO ________________
3. Wind speed in NO ___________________
4.Cloud coverage in NO ________________
5. What does L mean __________________
6. What does H mean __________________
7. What is A __________________________
8. Direction A is moving ________________
9. What is B __________________________
10. What is C _________________________
11. What does C connect _______________
____________________________________
ANSWER KEY
STUDY GUIDE FOR TEST
Pg. 117
Weathering, Atmosphere, Energy Transfer, Winds, Water Cycle & Weather
What to Study:
 Pg. 103 Notes: Rocks and Weathering
•
Pg. 109 Notes: Water Cycle

Pg. 105 Notes: Air Pressure and Atmosphere
•
Pg. 111 Notes: Weather /Clouds

Pg. 106 Graph of the Atmosphere (How did scientists
•
Pg. 113 Notes: Air Masses and Predicting
identify the boundaries between the layers?)
Weather
Pg. 107 Notes: Energy Transfer and Air Movement
•
Pg. 114 Journal: El Nino
•
Pg. 115 Weather Maps

Essay Questions and Diagrams to Label:

Pg. 116 Global Changes in Atmosphere
8. Name the layers of the atmosphere below and give a brief description of each layer.
Name
Description
A. EXOSPHERE – outer layer; satellites orbit here
B. THERMOSPHERE – air is thin and very hot because the sun hits this layer
first; lowest layer is the IONOSPHERE (electrically charged particles which
radio waves bounce off of)
C. MESOSPHERE – middle layer, very cold, meteors burn up here
D. STRATOSPHERE – contains the ozone layer which absorbs ultraviolet
radiation from the sun
E. TROPOSPHERE – lowest layer; where weather occurs; contains 90% of the
gases that make up the atmosphere
9. Name the three types of heat transfer. Explain how each occurs and give an example of each.
1. Radiation – transfer of heat through rays or
waves Ex: sunburn
2. Conduction – transfer of heat through touch
Ex: using a heating pad
3. Convection – flow of material Ex: boiling
water
10. Three things can happen to the radiation that Earth receives from the sun. What are they?
Some energy from the sun is reflected back into space, some is
absorbed by the atmosphere, and some is absorbed by land and
water on Earth’s surface.
11. We talked about many jobs of the atmosphere in class. Name four things that the atmosphere does.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
absorbs energy from the sun
recycles water
works to provide a moderate climate
protects us from high energy radiation
protects us from the vacuum of space (a vacuum is a
place with NO AIR)
12. Label the diagram of the water cycle. Use the word bank.
1. precipitation
2. plant uptake
3. condensation
4. evaporation
5. transpiration
6. percolation
7. sublimation
8. snowmelt runoff
9. infiltration
10. groundwater flow
13. Label the major air masses below that affect the weather across the U.S. Use two appropriate terms for
each.
B.
F. Continental Tropical
B. Continental Arctic
G. Maritime Tropical
C. Continental Polar
H. Maritime Tropical
D.
A.
C.
E.
A. Maritime Polar
F
.
G
.
D. Maritime Polar
H.
E. Maritime Tropical
14. Use the weather map to answer the questions.
1. Temperature in NO
Use the key on the weather map on pg. 113 in your
folder
84⁰
2. Wind direction in NO North East
3. Wind speed in NO
4.Cloud coverage in NO Clear
5. What does L mean Low Pressure – bad weather
6. What does H mean High Pressure – good weather
7. What is A Cold Front
8. Direction A is moving South East
9. What is B Stationary Front
10. What is C Isobar
11. What does C connect Points of equal air pressure
____________________________________