Integrated Science Semester 1 FINAL EXAM

Learning Intention:
1) To review Weather topics.

2) To answer questions that will count as your FINAL EXAM.

Integrated Science Semester 1 Exam

How this ONLINE SEMESTER EXAM will work:

​REVIEW slides, then TEST slides of multiple choice questions.

• I will insert REVIEW SLIDES to show INFORMATION and DIAGRAMS of weather topics recently assigned. TAKE YOUR TIME to look at them and then ANSWER the questions!

• You will ANSWER a total of 33 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS. The percentage of CORRECT responses will be your SEMESTER EXAM GRADE!

Don't forget...
you can use the <- BACK button to go back and look at information before you pick your answers.
Then use the -> FORWARD button to go back to the questions!

Weather ​Fronts

• boundary between air masses with different properties.

• bring changes in weather such as rain, snow, or thunderstorms.

Front:

Multiple Choice

What is a boundary between air masses?

• back
• front
• middle
• inside

• cold air replaces warm air

• It brings cooler temperatures, gusty winds, and precipitation

• represented by a blue line with triangles

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​Cold Front

​Warm Front

• ​warm air replaces cold air

• Warm air rises over cold air

  • creates clouds and steady precipitation

• represented by a line with semicircles

• ​A boundary between warm and cold air masses that is not moving, causing prolonged periods of precipitation. FLOODING can occur

Stationary Front

​prolonged periods of precipitation and cloudy weather

​This is the symbol for stationary fronts -->

• warm and cold air masses remain in place

• also lead to the formation of other types of fronts

• bring prolonged periods of precipitation and cloudy weather

• FLOODING can occur

Multiple Choice

What type of front brings clouds and steady precipitation as warm air tries to move cooler air out of a region?

• Cold front

• Stationary front

• Warm front

Multiple Choice

What type of front brings cooler temperatures, gusty winds and precipitation (rain)?

• Cold front

• Stationary front

• Warm front

Multiple Choice

What type of front brings prolonged precipitation (rains for a long time) and possible flooding?

• Cold front

• Stationary front

• Warm front

​Occluded Fronts

• Warm air takes over cool air

• Cold air mass overtakes the warm front

• Warm air is lifted up as cold air meets cool air

• Heavy storms occur (cumulonimbus clouds)

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​Occluded Front explained

Occluded fronts are represented by this symbol.

​Red for warm

​Blue for cold

Red and Blue in opposite directions for stationary

Purple for warm and cold mixed together

Labelling

Label the fronts.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

warm front

cold front

occluded front

stationary front

Multiple Choice

What type of weather front is moving across Texas?

(Click the picture to see a larger image)

• Occluded Front

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

Multiple Choice

Locate approximately where KENTUCKY should be on the weather map. What type of weather front is affecting our weather?

• Cold
• Warm
• Stationary
• Occluded

Multiple Choice

Which type of weather front can produce precipitation (rain or snow)?

• Cold

• Warm

• Stationary

• Occluded

• All of the above

LOW PRESSURE vs HIGH PRESSURE

• Air moves UP

• Creates CLOUDS

• Brings RAIN

• Air moves DOWN

• NO Clouds

• CLEAR, SUNNY weather

LOW PRESSURE vs HIGH PRESSURE

Multiple Choice

What does this symbol on a weather map indicate? 

• High pressure system
• Low pressure system
• Cold Front
• Warm Front

Multiple Choice

What does this symbol on a weather map indicate? 

• High pressure system
• Low pressure system
• Cold front
• Warm front

Multiple Choice

Should bring nice weather

• Low pressure

• Stationary front

• Warm front

• High pressure

Multiple Choice

A low pressure system will bring what type of weather into an area?

• clear skies
• fair weather
• clouds / precipitation
• lots of sunshine

Air Mass

A huge body of air with similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height. Forms over LAND or WATER.

4 Characteristics of Air Masses

Tropical - Warm - forms in tropics

Polar - Cold - forms near N & S poles
(Artic - Very, bitterly cold - forms northern Canada)

Maritime - Wet, humid - forms over oceans

Continental - Dry - forms over land

​These terms are VERY IMPORTANT!!!! Learn what each means!

Match

Match the following

• TROPICAL

• POLAR

• CONTINENTAL

• MARITIME

• ARTIC

Warm air

Cold air

Dry air

Humid air

Bitterly Col

• Warm air

• Cold air

• Dry air

• Humid air

• Bitterly Col

Major Types of Air Masses

mT - Maritime Tropical
- warm & wet (moist)

mP - Maritime Polar
- cold & wet(moist)

cT - Continental Tropical
- hot & dry

cP - Continental Polar
- cold & dry
cA - Continental Artic
- bitterly cold, dry

Multiple Choice

Continental Polar air masses bring cool and cold weather.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Where do continental tropical air masses form?

• Ocean

• At school

• Land

Multiple Select

Choose the bodies of water that Maritime Polar air masses form over.

• Pacific Ocean

• Great Lakes

• Mississippi River

• Atlantic Ocean

Multiple Choice

Maritime Tropical air masses bring heavy snowfall in the summer.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

An air mass is hot and humid which means you will get hot and sticky quickly if you are outside. Which type of air mass is being described? 

• Tropical Maritime
• Tropical Continental
• Polar Maritime
• Polar Continental

Multiple Choice

An air mass is cold and dry. In winter here in Kentucky it's cold and the air is dry. We get chapped lips and dry hands. Which type of air mass is being described? 

• Tropical Maritime
• Tropical Continental
• Polar Maritime
• Polar Continental

​Earth is made up of interlocking spheres.

​

​That is, while each sphere contains only one type of thing (air, water, ground, ice, life) they work together and mix together.

​

It is all one planet, after all!

​What belongs in the Geosphere?

• ​rocks

• ​soil

• ​crystals

• ​mountains

• ​magma and lava

• lakes

• ​rivers

• ​oceans

• ​rain

• ​groundwater

​What belongs in the Hydrosphere?

​What belongs in the Biosphere?

• ​plants

• animals

• bacteria

• fungi

• all living things

• clouds

• ​fog

• ​oxygen

• ​all the gasses

​What belongs in the Atmosphere?

What is the hydrosphere?

•The cryosphere is the
portion of the
hydrosphere that is
frozen.
•The cryosphere is
made primarily of
glaciers and sea ice.
These are monitored
to collect data about
climate change.

© Suburban
Science 2022
Apalone has a
rocket pack.

What is the atmosphere?

•The atmosphere
is made of the
gases
surrounding the
earth.
•Mostly nitrogen
& oxygen

© Suburban
Science 2022
Apalone has a
rocket pack.

What is the biosphere?

•The biosphere is
the portion of the
earth where life is
found.
•It extends high
into the air and
below the surface
into the oceans.

© Suburban
Science 2022
Apalone has a
rocket pack.

Multiple Choice

What is the geosphere?

• all of the water

• all of the gases

• all of the organisms

• all of the soil and rocks

Multiple Choice

What is NOT part of the geosphere?

• boulders

• flowers

• mountains

• soil

Multiple Choice

What main sphere is this shown in this picture?

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

Multiple Choice

What is the main sphere represented in this picture?

• Hydorsphere

• Atmosphere

• Geosphere

• Biosphere

There are 5 layers of Earth's atmosphere and each have their own traits. They are:
troposphere,
stratosphere with the ozone layer,
mesosphere,
thermosphere,
and exosphere.

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​What is the atmosphere?

Layers of the Atmosphere

Layers

and

Description

Multiple Choice

The atmosphere is divided into ____ layers.

• 5

• 2
• 3
• 4

Multiple Choice

Where do meteors burn up?

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesopshere

• thermosphere

• exosphere

Multiple Choice

The layer of the atmosphere that is nearest the Earth's surface.

• Thermosphere
• Mesosphere
• Troposphere
• Stratosphere

Multiple Choice

Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesopshere

• thermosphere

• exosphere

Multiple Choice

The layer above the stratosphere.

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere

Multiple Choice

Where is the ozone layer found?

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesopshere

• thermosphere

• exosphere

Multiple Choice

Which layer of the atmosphere has weather?

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesopshere

• thermosphere

• exosphere

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the ozone layer?

• To stop aliens from landing on the Earth.

• To make the sky trun blue.

• To protect us from the sun's UV rays

• To make the starts brighter at night

Multiple Choice

Which layer of the atmosphere is the hottest?

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesopshere

• thermosphere

• exosphere

Multiple Choice

Which layer of the atmosphere blends into outer space?

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesopshere

• thermosphere

• exosphere