ThursdayMay 26, 2011

(Review for Semester Final Exam – Day 4)

The Launch PadThursday, 5/26/11

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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.