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SHORT CYCLE 2 Review

Part 1: Selected Response: Write the letter of the best response on the line provided.

_____ 1.Weather occurs in this layer of the atmosphere?

AStratosphere.

BTroposphere.

CMesosphere.

DExosphere.

Use Figure 1 to complete questions 2 and 3.

_____ 2.The city that would not be experiencing similar weather would be

ABismarck, North Dakota.

BDenver, Colorado.

CSan Francisco, California.

DNew Orleans, Louisiana.

_____ 3.We get storms from…

Ahigh pressure system over the area.

Blow pressure system over the area.

Cproximity to the mountains.

Ddistance from large bodies of water.

_____ 4.If you were to have a cold front you have this type of weather…

AClear skies, but cool temperatures

BLight, steady rain

CRain, possibly a hurricane

DRain, possibly thunderstorms

Use Figure 2 to complete question 5.

5a. List the three types of transfers of heat in the troposphere.

CONDUCTIONCONVECTIONRADIATION

  1. ______
  2. ______
  3. ______

5b. Convection is seen above in one of the boxes. Convection is the transfer of energy through fluids. What are those two fluids.

  1. ______
  2. ______

_____ 6. sea breezes are explained by …

Aa large warm front moving into the area.

Beven patterns of heat over the area.

Cthe large number of people at the beach in the afternoon.

Dunequal heating of land and water.

_____ 7a. Clouds are formed through ______

_____ 7b. this is when water is pulled up from oceans or rivers into the atmosphere.

_____ 7c. This is when rain falls to earth.

Acondensation.

Bcrystallization.

Cevaporation.

Dprecipitation.

Use Figure 3 to complete question 8 and 9.

_____ 8.Identify the characteristics that would be associated with Air Mass #1 called a continental polar.

ACold and dry

BCold and humid

CWarm and dry

DWarm and humid

_____ 9.Identify the point shown in Figure 3 where a tornado would be most likely to form.

  1. Point A
  2. Point B
  3. Point C
  4. Point D
  5. Point E
  6. Point F

Use Figure 4 to complete question 10.

_____ 10a.Which of these describe conditions caused by this particular high-pressure system?

_____ 10b. Which of these describe conditions caused by this particular low-pressure system?

AClear skies and fair weather

BClouds and precipitation

CGenerally clear with a few, scattered clouds

DGenerally stable, sinking air.

Part II: Brief Constructed Response Use Figure 5 to complete question 11.

11. The map in Figure 4 illustrates the many ocean surface currents that flow around Earth’s oceans. Points A and B represent the position of two potential storms. Identify the point, A or B that would have the greatest potential of developing into a hurricane.

Support your response using prior knowledge.

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