Name: ________________________________
Weather & Climate Notes
7th Grade Science – Mrs. Stabler & Mrs. Raimo
Date: __________________ Period: ________
Air
1. Although we cannot see air it has ______________.
2. Because __________ has mass, it also has _______________.
3. What is air pressure?
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The Atmosphere
4. What is the atmosphere?
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5. What are some reasons the atmosphere is essential to life on
Earth? ________________________________________________________
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6. Each layer has ______________ ________________, including
____________________ of gases, and how _____________________
changes with ______________________.
7. What is altitude?
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The Troposphere
8. What is the troposphere?
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9. The troposphere extends from the face of Earth’s _________________ to altitudes
between ______ - ______ km.
10. What happens to temperature as you move up higher in the troposphere?
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11. This is the layer where ____________ of Earth’s _________________ occurs.
The Stratosphere
12. What is the stratosphere?
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13. The stratosphere extends from about ______ km to about ______ km.
14. The stratosphere contains the ozone layer. What is the ozone layer?
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15. Due to the __________ layer, temperatures ________________ as altitude increases
within the __________________.
The Mesosphere and Thermosphere
16. The mesosphere extends from the ___________________ (____ km) to about _____ km.
17. The thermosphere can extend from the ______________________ to more than
________ km above Earth’s surface.
18. Compare the size of these layers to the troposphere and stratosphere.
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19. The ________________ is a region within the ___________________ and
___________________ that contains __________.
20. Where is the ionosphere? (in terms of altitude)
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21. What are auroras? and how are they created?
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The Exosphere
22. What is the exosphere?
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23. The exosphere extends from _____ km out to ____________. It has no definite ______,
the molecules here can _____________ Earth’s ____________ and travel into _____________.
24. ________________ and _____________ is so low here that individual gas molecules
rarely ____________ each other.
25. What causes the molecules here to move at incredibly fast speeds?
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Energy in the Atmosphere
26. Energy in the form of ______________ is transferred throughout the ________________.
27.
Type of Heat
Transfer
Definition
Radiation
Conduction
Convection
28. How is the troposphere mostly heated? ___________________________________
Weather Patterns
Winds
29. What is wind?
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30. Winds are caused by _________________ in _______ _______________.
31. How are winds described?
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32. Wind _______________ is determined with a wind ___________.
33. Wind ___________ is measured with an _________________.
Local Winds
34. What are local winds?
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35. Local winds are caused by _______________ heating of Earth’s surface within a
____________ area.
Global Winds
36. What are global winds?
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37. What causes global winds?
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38. ___________ air rises at the equator and ___________ air sinks at the poles, therefore
air _____________ tends to be lower near the _______________ and _________________ near
the poles.
The Coriolis Effect
39. What is the Coriolis Effect?
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40. Global winds in the ______________
hemisphere gradually turn towards the ________
and in the _______________ hemisphere winds cure
to the _________.
Global Wind Belts
41.
Wind Belt
Doldrums
Horse Latitudes
Trade Winds
Prevailing
Westerlies
Polar Easterlies
Jet Streams
Definition
Air Masses
42. Scientists classify _______ __________ according to _______ characteristics:
____________________ and ________________.
43. ________________ affects air ______________.
44. ___________, dense air has ____________ pressure, while __________, less
dense air has ______________ pressure.
Type of Air
Mass
Description
Tropical
Polar
Maritime
Continental
Type of Air
Mass
Maritime
Tropical
Maritime
Polar
Continental
Tropical
Continental
Polar
Description