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Science Exam Review
Science WEATHER Unit Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Layer Of The Atmosphere where all weather happens is? | Troposphere |
| The Very Outer Layer Of The Atmosphere That Borders Outer Space Is? | Exosphere |
| The Middle Layer Of The Atmosphere Where Most Meteoroids Burn up Is Called The? | Mesosphere |
| The Thin Layer of Atmosphere That Protects the Earth From Harmful Ultraviolet Radiation is Called? | Stratosphere |
| The Layer Of The Atmosphere where radio signals are bounced off of is called the? | Ionosphere |
| Warm and Cold Air Mix EasilyTrue Or False | True |
| The Border Between two air masses is called a? | Front |
| A person, or job, who gathers information about Meteors and Stars. | Meteorologist |
| True or False? Changes in weather usually happen when different air masses meet? | True |
| Fact or fiction? An Air mass is a large body of air that has the same temperature, pressure, and/or Humidity | Fact |
| What Tool is used for measuring Temperature? | Thermometer |
| Anemometer measures? | Wind Speed |
| A Sling Thermometer Measures? | Relative Humidity |
| Tool that tells us what the air pressure is in Millibars? | Barometer |
| Tool That Tells us which direction the Wind is blowing | Wind Vane |
| High Or Low Pressure? Bright Blue Skies | High Pressure |
| High Or Low Pressure? Rainstorms with High Winds | Low Pressure |
| High Or Low Pressure? Crisp, cold Sunny winter day | High Pressure |
| High Or Low Pressure? 20 Inches of Snowfall | Low Pressure |
| High or Low Pressure? A Hurricane | Low Pressure |
| An Instrument used by Meteorologists, that travels up through the Troposhere carrying instruments that later float back to earth is called a ___________ | Weather Balloon |
| Meteorologists use a thermometer to measure _________ of the air | Temperature |
| A Measure of how much water vapor is in the air is called _______ | Humidity |
| Evaporated water in the atmosphere is called _________ | Water Vapor |
| The Amount of Force being applied to a surface by the atmosphere. | Air Pressure |
| The measure of average temperatures and precipitation amounts in a region for a long period of time is called a region's ________________ | Climate |
| A Transfer of Heat where there is no direct contact is called _________. | Radiation |
| A transfer of heat where there is direct contact detween surfaces is called _________. | conduction |
| A transfer of heat in liquids and gasses that creates currents is called _________. | convection |
| What do Isobars indicate on a map? | Similar Air Pressure |
| What Symbol On A map represents a cold front? | L and Lines With Spikes |
| What Symbol Represents A Warm front? | H and lines with bumps |