Semester 1 Final

____________ Changes from Day to Day

• Climate

• Weather

_____________ is average weather condition of a place over a long period of time over a large area.

• Climate

• Weather

________ is any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface

• Snow

• Precipitation

• Rain 

• Sleet

As you go to the top of a mountain, what happens to temperature?

• Nothing
• It increases
• It decreases
• It goes up and down

The sun’s rays are most direct __________.

• near the poles.      

• in July.

• near the equator.

• far from the ocean.

Air masses are formed by the ________ and ________ of land and water.

• Heating and cooling

• Increasing volume and temperature

• cooling and increasing pressure

• Heating and increasing the density

Which statement best describes the general movement of air masses?

• They move from areas of high altitude to areas of low altitude.

• B.They move from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.

• They move from areas of high humidity to areas of low humidity

• They move from areas of low temperature to areas of high temperature.

Continental-Tropical Air Mass

• Dry, warm air

• Dry, cold air

• Wet, warm air

• Wet, cold air

Maritime-Polar air mass

• Dry, warm air

• Dry, cold air

• Wet, warm air

• Wet, cold air

Continental-Polar Air mass

• Dry, warm air

• Wet, warm air

• Dry, cold air

• Wet, cold air