What process refers
to water vapor changing
to liquid water?
What is Condensation
100
What type of
weather forms when a
rotating column of air
touches the ground?
What is tornado
100
Draw the symbol for
a cold front.
Draw this on paper or whiteboard
100
Why is the
atmosphere separated
into layers?
What is differences in
temperature
100
Which climate zone
is closest to the
equator?
What is tropical
200
Warm air holds
(more, less, the same)
water than cold air.
More
200
What do we call a
cold and dry air mass?
What is continental polar
200
What type of
weather does low
pressure bring?
What is Cloudy or stormy
200
Why does warm air
rise and cool air sink?
What is Cool air is denser
then warm air
200
Why does Venus have
the highest temperatures?
What is thick atmosphere
traps heat (greenhouse
effect)
300
What process
describes plants
releasing water vapor?
What is -transpiration
300
What type of front
forms when a warm air
mass replaces a cold air mass
What is Warm front
300
What type of weather
does a cold front bring
today and tomorrow?
What is thunderstorms, rain,
or snow, followed by
cooler weather
300
Why doesn’t the
thermosphere feel hot,
even though it has the
highest temperatures?
What is The particles are
spread out, so they don’t
transfer heat.
300
Why does air move
(wind)?
What is Air moves from areas
of high pressure to areas
of low pressure
400
If air can hold 40
g/m3, and its holding
30g/m3, what is the
relative humidity?
What is 75%
400
How does a cold
front form?
What is A cold (polar) air
mass pushes away a
warm (tropical) air
mass.
400
What type of air mass
could bring drought to
Mexico, and why?
What is Continental Tropical,
because its warm and dry
400
What does the
ozone layer protect us
from and what is
destroying the ozone
layer?
What is UV radiation; CFCs
400
Explain how a sea
breeze forms.
What is During the day, the
sand near a beach heats
up faster than the water.
This creates an area of low
pressure over the sand
and high pressure over the
water. Air moves from
high to low pressure.
500
What usually
happens to relative
humidity as
temperature increases
throughout the day?
What is R. H decreases
500
How does an occluded front
form and what weather does it
bring?
What is A fast moving cold front
catches up with a slower warm
front (or a warm air mass is caught
between two cold air masses and
pushed off the ground); brings lots
of precipitation.
500
If the barometer is
rising, what is happening
in our atmosphere and
how is it affecting our
weather?
What is Air pressure is rising
and clear weather is
approaching
500
Name two of the
three sources for the
gases in our
atmosphere.
What is photosynthesis,
volcanoes, meteorite
impacts
500
What is currently causing
global warming? Explain how
this occurs and what is
responsible for recent global
warming.
What is An increase in
greenhouse gases (CO2) trap
more thermal energy and
cause temps to rise. Humans
burning fossil fuels causes it.