Blue Test
Name: _______________________
Period: _______________
Date: _______________________
Score
Atmosphere Air Pressure Wind El Nino La Nina Test
FOR THE RED QUESTIONS, USE LAUNCH INTO THE ATMOSPHERE:
Write the answer under the question.
____
1. About ____ percent of the solar energy that reaches Earth is absorbed at the Earth's surface.
____
2. What is the densest layer of the atmosphere (it is 90% of the total mass of the atmosphere)?
____
3. What atmospheric layer holds the ozone layer?
____
4. When observing weather data, as ____________ increases, air pressure decreases.
____
5 . What is the coldest layer of the atmosphere?
____
6. The ____________ ______________ absorbs solar energy in the form of ultraviolet radiation.
____
7. The ____________________ is the highest layer of the atmosphere.
____
8. What is the transfer of thermal energy by the circulation or movement of a liquid or gas?
FOR THE GREEN QUESTIONS, USE THE HEAT TRANSFER WHEEL ON THE BACK OF LAUNCH
INTO THE ATMOSPHERE:
Write the answer under the question.
____
9. What is the most abundant gas in our atmosphere?
10. We are heated primarily from the _______________________________.
11.
The air is heated primarily from the _____________________________.
FOR THE RED QUESTIONS, USE LAUNCH INTO THE ATMOSPHERE:
Write the answer under the question. Number 20, answer on the back of the paper
12. The sun’s radiation heats the ___________________ first.
13. Give a definition and an example of each of the three types of heat transfer (on another piece of paper or
the back):
14. List the 4 layers of the atmosphere in order starting with the lowest layer (on back or another piece of
paper).
15. In the troposphere, as you increase in altitude, the temperature ________________________.
16. In the stratosphere, as you increase in altitude, the temperature ________________________.
17.In the mesosphere, as you increase in altitude, the temperature_________________________.
18. In the thermosphere, as you increase in altitude, the temperature_______________________.
Blue Test
19. There are _____________________ molecules in the thermosphere than in the troposphere. (2 points)
20. As you travel higher in the atmosphere (higher altitude), the air gets thinner. How and why does this affect
air pressure? (on back or another page)
FOR THE PURPLE QUESTIONS, USE HOW DOES AIR EXIST PACKET or GO RIGHT TO YOUR
CHECKLISTS #1 and #2 FOR A FASTER ANSWER:
Write the answer on the back of the paper.
21. Using any two of the air pressure labs we did, explain how air has mass and takes up space (on back or
another page).
FOR THE BLUE QUESTIONS, USE THE WIND PREZI WORKSHEET:
Write the answer under the question. Number 36 write the answer on the back of the paper.
22. Draw and label the heat transfer wheel. Using radiation , conduction, and convection, explain how it
works (on back or another page).
23. Air moves from ____________ ______________ to __________________ ___________________
____ 24. Wind belts between 30º and 60º latitude in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres are called
____________________________________________________________________________
Examine the diagram of Earth's global winds. Use the diagram to answer questions 25 and 26.
____ 25. Between which latitudes do the trade winds occur?
________________________________________________________
____ 26. Between which latitudes do the polar easterlies occur?
________________________________________________________
____ 27. Where are the doldrums? _____________________________
Blue Test
____ 28. There are two of these in the Northern Hemisphere, they travel at a high altitude, one is cold and one is
warm, and they are straight tubes of air that, when they shift, can affect weather patterns.
____ 29. What is the irregular warming in the sea surface temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean that
influences climate?
30. Winds in the Northern Hemisphere curve to the right. Winds in the Southern Hemisphere curve to the
left. This is known as the _______________________________________
____________________________.
31.
___________________________ winds generally move short distances and can blow from any
direction.
32.
The ______________________ ______________________ are the areas at about 30º north and
30º south latitude where sinking air creates an area of high pressure and calm winds.
33. _________________ _________________ is characterized by unusually cold ocean temperatures in
the Equatorial Pacific that influences climate.
34. The pressure belts are areas of high or low pressure that occur about every ___________° of latitude.
35. Label the globe with these 5 words:
trade winds
westerlies
polar easterlies
doldrums
horse latitudes
36. What is a sea breeze and how does it develop? (on back of page or new paper).
Blue Test
FOR THE DARK RED QUESTION, USE THE EL NINO LA NINA PACKET:
Write the answer on the back of the paper.
37. Explain how El Nino happens. (on back of page or new paper)
FOR #38, USE WIND PREZI AND LAUNCH INTO THE ATMOSPHERE PACKET:
Write the answer on the back of the paper.
38. Explain how Smoke in the Tank and the Heat Transfer Wheel show wind (on the back of page or new
paper)
Enrichment:
Name of device: _____________________________________________
What it measures (more than just wind ): ___________________________________________
Extra Credit (1 possible point)
What percent of the radiation of the sun is reflected by the Earth’s surface?
_________________________________________________________
Blue Test