Unit 6 Notebook Check

Unit 6: Weather & Climate Spiral Check

Use your Unit 6 section in your notebook to answer these questions.

Multiple Choice

What is the title of this unit? (Table of Contents, pg. 39)

• Weather

• Climate

• Convection

• Universe

Multiple Choice

What seasons are displayed in this image?

(Reasons for the Seasons, pg. 40)

• North: Summer

  South: Winter

• North: Spring

  South: Fall/Autumn

• North: Winter

  South: Summer

• North: Fall/Autumn

  South: Spring

Labeling

Label each box correctly using the options below.

(Labeled Earth, pg. 41)

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Western Hemisphere

Prime Meridian

Northern Hemisphere

Southern Hemisphere

Equator

Rotation

Eastern Hemisphere

Revolution

Axis

Reorder

Reorder the following sentences to correctly describe the formation of wind.

(Wind, pg. 42)

• The Earth is heated unvenly.

• The air molecules become more or less dense.

• The air molecules form zones of high or low pressure.

• The air molecules create a current by moving from high to low pressure zones.

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Match

Match the following pictures of local wind to their correct name. (Land and Sea Breeze, pg. 43)

Land Breeze

Sea Breeze

Wind

• Land Breeze

• Sea Breeze

• Wind

Categorize

Options (12)

Storms at the front

Cool temperature/weather after front passes

Light rain and clouds at front

Warmer weather/temperatures after front passes

When a cold front overtakes a warm front

Causes rain and then clears and is cooler.

When a cold air mass and warm air mass collide and stop moving.

Stays put for days and causes rain, clouds, or even snow.

Categorize each symbol and weather pattern with each front. (Forecasting the Weather, pg. 44)

Cold Front

Warm Front

Occluded Front

Stationary Front

Drag and Drop

A ​

Placeholder

is when cool air sinks and brings ​

Placeholder

.

A ​

Placeholder

is when warm air rises and brings ​

Placeholder

. (Forecasting the Weather, pg. 44)

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

high pressure zone

clear skies

low pressure zone

storms

Fill in the Blanks

The demonstrations and "rain in a jar" lab all modeled what type of heat transfer? (Demos and Labs, pg. 45-46)

Multiple Choice

Which of the following correctly describes the water and air masses globally?

(Global Currents, pg. 47)

• The poles has the warmer air/water, and the equator has the cooler air/water.

• The equator has the cooler air/water, and the poles as the warmer air/water.

• The poles has the cooler air/water, and the equator has the warmer air/water.

Multiple Select

What two conditions are necessary for the formation of a tropical storm? (CHOOSE TWO ANSWERS)

(Tropical Storms, pg. 48)

• Warm water

• Low Pressure

• High Pressure

• Cold water