Weather Summative

Weather Summative

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As the air ----------, it becomes more dense and falls to Earth’s surface.

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Air moves from

pressure to low pressure.

Multiple Choice

What does this diagram show?

• Cold and warm water currents.

• The earth

• Uneven heating of the earth's surface.

These are the ocean currents for the world.

• Find the west coast of North America

• What kind of ocean current do we have?

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What kind of ocean current is off of our west coast of the US?

• Cold

• Warm

Multiple Choice

Surface currents in the ocean are driven by weather patterns and ___________.

• salinity

• rain

• wind

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What happens when a warm front rises over a cold front?

• The water vapor in the warm front condenses and causes precipitation as the warm front rises over the cold front.

• The warm front slides under the cold front and causes thunderstorms.

What does this show?

Multiple Choice

What does this show?

• Earth's revolution

• earth's rotation

• Earth's tilt

• Earth's seasons

The Coriolis Effect

Explained

Multiple Choice

The person tried to throw the ball straight across the turning table, why did the person to her right catch it instead?

• The wind caught the ball and pushed it off course to the person to her right.

• The table was moving and so the person across from her when she threw the ball was replaced by the person to her right..

• The person actually tried to throw the ball to the person on her right.

Multiple Choice

What does this experiment show?

• cold water sinks and warm water rises

• cold water rises and warm water sinks

Multiple Choice

Which hemisphere do we live in?

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

This is a Convection Current.

It shows warm air (low density and pressure) rising and cold air (high density and pressure sinking.

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What is this?

• convection current

• ocean current

Multiple Choice

Cold air masses have

• low density and low pressure

• high density and high pressure

Be able to label this diagram...

RAINSHADOW! The ocean side of mountains get more rain because as the ocean air rises to go over the mountain, the water condenses and precipitates. The area on the other side of the mountain receives dry air and less precipitation.

This is a map of Oregon

Which cities receive little rain because they are on the eastern side of the Cascade Range and so are in a rain shadow?

Multiple Choice

What three cities are in a rainshadow?

• Roseburb, Eugene and Salem

• Salem, Portland and Redmond

• Baker City, Redmond and Oregon City

• Redmond, Moro, LaGrande

Multiple Choice

What is the day to day state of the atmosphere?

• climate

• weather

Multiple Choice

What are the gases that surround a planet?

• air

• carbon dioxide

• atmosphere

Open Ended

Essay Question #1

How does a location's latitude affect its weather and climate?

How does a location's latitude affect its weather and climate?

EXAMPLE

Because the Sun’s rays are more direct over the equator, areas near this location tend to have warmer climates. Areas farther from the equator tend to be cooler and have greater differences in daily temperatures, which affect the weather and climate of regions.

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Essay Question #2

How is weather influenced by oceans?

How is weather influenced by oceans?

EXAMPLE

Weather is the current state of the atmosphere, such as hot or cold and wet or dry. Because ocean water is constantly evaporating and falling as precipitation, oceans play a role in evenly heating Earth and moving heat through ocean currents.