Weather Test Review

Convection Currents:

  1. Explain convection current. How does density of air and water effect convection currents?
  1. How does the Sun’s thermal energy effect convection currents in our atmosphere and oceans?

Wind and Ocean Currents:

  1. Fill in the two diagrams below about Wind and Ocean Currents.
  1. How does the sun play a role in creating ocean and wind currents?

Oceans and Weather:

  1. How does a warm current affect the weather near a coastal town like Galveston?
  1. How does a cold current affect the weather near a coastal town in like New York City?
  1. Complete the diagram below about Hurricanes:

Hurricanes:

Land vs. Sea Breeze?

  1. Draw a picture of land and sea breeze in the following boxes. Be sure to include a sun if it during the day and a moon if it is during the night.

Land Breeze: day or night? / Sea Breeze: day or night?
  1. What causes the winds to change during the day and night during a land and sea breeze?

10.  Low Pressure vs. High Pressure

Low Pressure / High Pressure

Fronts:

  1. Fill out the diagram below about fronts:

Weather Map

  1. Draw each symbol below that you would find on a weather map:

Warm Front
Cold Front
Stationary Front
High Pressure
Low Pressure
  1. Answer the following questions using the weather map below (see back for state names):
  1. Where on the map would you expect cloudy weather based on the type of air pressure?
  1. Where on the map would you expect clear skies based on the type of air pressure?
  1. What type of weather will Tennessee expect to have in the next couple of days?
  1. What type of weather will Wyoming expect to have in the next couple of days?