Weather Test Review
Vocabulary
evaporation condensation precipitation air mass cloud
tornado hurricane thunderstorm tornado front
relative humidity saturated specific humidity Cumulus sleet
super cooled water Stratus acid rain Nimbo fog
high pressure thermometer dew point Warning Alto
wind chill factor barometer thermometer snow Cirro
anemometer weather vane isotherms isobars ozone
greenhouse effect lightning cloud seeding thunder hail
Tornado alley Beaufort scale station model leeward Cirrus
temperature inversion windward pressure gradient jet stream Watch
low pressure conduction convection radiation rain
El Nino Thermometer Barometer Galileo Torricelli
Weather Meteorology Beaufort Scale Wind Chill Air Specific Humidity Troposphere Stratosphere Mesosphere Frost
Thermosphere Ionosphere Radiation Conduction Dew Convection Greenhouse Effect Isotherms Hygrometer Ozone
Relative Humidity Psychrometer Dew Point Capacity Saturated
Be able to
1. Explain why winds blow.
2. Use a station model to explain weather in an area.
3. Explain land breezes & sea breezes
4. Explain how lightning & thunder work.
5. Convert between oC & 0F.
6. Calculate Relative Humidity.
7. Know the 4 types of fronts & their symbols.
8. Freezing pt., Boiling pt., & human body temp for Fahrenheit & Celsius
7. Know 3 ways heat moves
8. Be able to answer questions based on a map containing isotherms
9. Explain the greenhouse effect
10. Composition of Air
11. Inventors of the thermometer & barometer
12. How ozone is formed & broken down
13. The difference in the heating & cooling of land & water.
14. Warmest & coolest part of the day
15. Warmest & coolest part of the year
16. Characteristics & order of the layers of the atmosphere