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ThursdayMay 26, 2011
(Review for Semester Final Exam – Day 4)
The Launch PadThursday, 5/26/11
No Launch Pad Today
AnnouncementsRemediation packets from the 4th
and 5th six-weeks must be turned in today!
Please check your yearly average in this class.
If you are below 70 for the year, please come and see me ASAP!
There are only two more grades remaining!
Assignments For This Six-Weeks Date Issued Date Due
Lab – Air Masses, the Mid-Latitude Cyclones, and Weather Maps 4/20 4/25
Lab Quiz - Air Masses, the Middle-Latitude Cyclone, and Weather Maps 5/3 5/3
Lab – Weather Maps 5/4 5/6
Lab - National Weather Service Southern Regional Headquarters Local Weather
Information5/6 5/6
Test 10 5/10 5/10
Lab – Climate Change 5/13 5/20
Quiz – Global Climate Change 5/20 5/20
Review for Semester Final Exam
Day 4Items 52 - 67
52Define the following shoreline features:
spit - a ridge of sand projecting into a bay and often having a hooked end.
groin – a structure built perpendicular to a beach out into the water and designed to prevent or retard shoreline
erosiontombolo - a sand ridge connecting an island to the mainland
or to another islandseawall - a structure built parallel behind a beach and
designed to prevent or retard shoreline erosion
53Describe the process of “beach
nourishment.”replacing lost sand on a beach
and designed to prevent or retard shoreline erosion
54Define the term “weather.”
the atmospheric conditions in a given area over a short
period of time
55Define the term “climate.”
a description of the general atmospheric conditions based
on observations that have been accumulated over many
years
56Classify each of the following as either weather events or
climate descriptions:polar - climate
humid tropical - climateair pressure - weather
wind - weatherhumid subtropical with mild winters - climate
humidity - weatherhumid subtropical with severe winters - climate
clouds - weatherprecipitation - weather
dry - climateair temperature - weather
57List some aspects of our lives that
weather influences.health and comfort
the economyjobs
everyday activities
58List some similarities and some differences between
weather and climate.both weather and climate can be wet, dry, hot, or
coldweather is a short-term summary of atmospheric
conditions, whereas climate is accumulated weather data over a long period of time
“Climate is what you expect, but weather is what you get."
59List the three most abundant gas components of our atmosphere.
nitrogenoxygenargon
60Identify the four vertical layers of the
atmosphere based on temperature, from bottom to top.
tropospherestratospheremesosphere
thermosphere
61Compare the journey of light rays striking the poles at a low angle to those of rays striking Earth at the
equator.Rays of light striking the poles at a low
angle travel through more of the atmosphere as the rays at the equator.
62Denote the longest and shortest days (of sunlight) in the Northern Hemisphere.
What are these days called?In the Northern Hemisphere, the longest day occurs during the June Solstice, while the shortest day is the December Solstice.
63What causes seasonal variations on Earth?
Seasonal variations on Earth are caused by:
Earth's tilted axisthe position of the Sun's vertical rays
the length of daylightthe variations in the Sun's angle.
64List the three mechanisms of heat transfer and give
an example of each.Conduction is the transfer of heat through solid
objects, like getting burned by touching a hot pan’s handle.
Convection is the transfer of heat through liquids or gases, like a furnace on one side of a room warming
the other side.Radiation is the transfer of heat through empty space, like the Sun warming the Earth from 93
million miles away.
65What causes the red and orange
colors of sunset and sunrise?The red and orange colors of
sunset and sunrise are the result of dust in the atmosphere.
66In what general location on Earth will the annual temperature range
be the greatest?The annual temperature range will be greatest for a place located in
the interior of a continent.
67The heating of the atmosphere is explained by what process?
The heating of the atmosphere is explained by the Greenhouse
Effect.
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