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Study Guide Chapter 2 Weather: Sections 3, 4, & 5
Study Guide Chapter 3 Weather Section 1
Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Use your notes and
book to answer the questions.
Water in the Atmosphere and Precipitation
Section 4 Water in the Atmosphere (pages 54-60)
1. What is the water cycle?
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2. What are the 3 steps of the water cycle?
a.
b.
c.
3. How does the water cycle work? Use evaporation, condensation,
precipitation, density, air temperature, troposphere and altitude
in your explanation.
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4. What is evaporation?
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5. List two examples of evaporation.
a.
b.
6. How are humidity and relative humidity different?
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7. What instrument is used to measure relative humidity?
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8. List the 6 steps in determining the relative humidity in a specific
location.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
9. Suppose the relative humidity of the air is 66% and the reading of the
dry-bulb thermometer is 200C. What is the reading of the wet-bulb
thermometer? Use the relative humidity table given in class to answer
the question. _____________________________________________
10.What is condensation?
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11. List 2 examples of a water vapor condensing into a liquid.
a.
b.
12.What two conditions are necessary for condensation?
a.
b.
13.What is the dew point?
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14.What is the difference between dew and frost?
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15.How does fog form?
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16.What is cloud seeding? When is it used?
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Section 5 Precipitation (pages 61-65)
17. What is precipitation?
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18. What are the 5 common types of precipitation?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
19. Compare and contrast sleet and freezing rain.
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20. What 2 characteristics help distinguish the different forms of
precipitation?
a.
b.
21. In the summer, what do you think happens to precipitation that
begins as sleet?
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22. What 2 instruments are used to measure precipitation?
a.
b.
Winds, Air Masses, and Fronts Study Guide
Chapter 2 Section 3 Winds (pages 46-52)
23. Unequal differences in _______________ lead to differences in
_______________, which can cause ___________. Winds that occur over
large areas are known as ____________ winds. Winds that occur over small
areas are known as _____________ winds.
24. What instrument is used to measure wind speed? __________________
25. It’s fairly warm but windy outside. Use the concept of wind-chill factor
to explain why it may be a good idea to wear a jacket.
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26. Looking at your answer to question 1, what causes the temperature
differences that create the wind in a land and sea breeze?
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27. Identify the type of local winds in diagrams X and Y below. Explain
how the air moves from one area to another and why it moves that way.
Diagram X: Type of local wind: ___________________________
Air moves from the _____________ to the _________
Use the words density, pressure, and heat/temperature to explain how the air
moves in Diagram X.
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Diagram Y: Type of local wind: ___________________________
Air moves from the _____________ to the _________
Use the words density, pressure, and heat/temperature to explain how the air
moves in Diagram Y.
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Chapter 3 Section 1 Air Masses and Fronts (pages 72-79)
28. What three characteristics are used to classify air masses?
a.
b.
c.
29. What are the 4 major types of air masses in North America?
a.
b.
c.
d.
30. Identify the type of air mass or its temperature and humidity:
Temp
Humidity
A continental tropical air mass is __________ and ____________
A ______________ ___________ air mass is cold and moist.
31. What are two ways air masses move?
a.
b.
32. List the 4 main types of fronts and draw its symbol next to the name.
Name of Front
Symbol
a.
b.
c.
d.
33. How does a warm front differ from a cold front?
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34. Explain why a stationary front would bring an area several days of poor
weather.
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35. What is an occluded front?
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36. Explain why an area of high pressure brings fair weather.
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