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Atmosphere and Weather Study Guide

1. How is a molecule of ozone different from a molecule of atmospheric oxygen?

A. Atmospheric oxygen has one more oxygen atom than ozone

B. Atmospheric oxygen has one less oxygen atom than ozone.
C. Oxygen and ozone are the same; they are found at different layers of the atmosphere
D. Oxygen is produced by plants; ozone is produced when oxygen combines with CO2

2. What health issue associated with the ozone hole?

A. difficult breathing
B. fever
C. skin cancer
D. nagging cough

3. Earth’s atmosphere did not originally contain ozone or oxygen. Where did these
gasses come from?

A. plants released oxygen which formed ozone in the upper atmosphere.

B. animals produced ozone and it has broken down to become oxygen.
C. as Earth warmed, oxygen and ozone were released from the oceans
D. oxygen is a product of respiration and can form whenever things decompose.

4. What does the ozone layer protect living things from?

A. bad weather
B. ultraviolet rays
C. excessive heat
D. meteors and meteorites

5. Life on land did not develop on Earth in abundance until the sun’s radiation was
reduced. When did this happen?

A. when human beings built machines that burn fossil fuels.

B. when ozone had been absorbed out of the upper atmosphere
C. when plants had an opportunity to live with animals
D. when enough ozone had built up in the upper atmosphere
6. During the winter months Utah newspapers and news programs announce no-burn
days when it is illegal to burn wood fires for home heating. Natural gas fires are not
banned. Which type of pollutant are the authorities trying to reduce?

A. carbon monoxide
B. nitrogen oxides
C. sulfur dioxide
D. particulates

7. Because of the expected shortages of electrical energy, the governor has proposed
building more coal-fired generating plants in Utah. Why do many people think this is a
poor idea?

A. coal-fired generating plants create a great deal of air pollution.

B. coal-fired generating plants cannot make enough energy for people in Utah.
C. most people in Utah would rather go without energy than build more plants.
D. generating plants are noisy and people do not want to live next to them.

8. Why do climatologists now accept the evidence that there is a hole in the ozone?

A. There is data to support it from more than one source.

B. Companies that produce CFCs told them so.
C. The president of the United States mandated their agreement.
D. It is easy to detect just by looking towards the sky at sunset.

9. Which of the following would best protect the ozone layer?

A. planting more trees

B. reducing the consumption and use of chloroflurocarbons (CFCs)
C. producing more methane, water vapor and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
D. banning the use of Styrofoam packing peanuts

10. Define air pressure.

11. Does wind blow from an area of High pressure to low, or low to high?

12. In the northern hemisphere, what direction does the wind blow around a high pressure
center and what is that called?

13. In the northern hemisphere, what direction does the wind blow around a low pressure
center and what is that called?

14. In the southern hemisphere, what direction does the wind blow around a high pressure
center?
15. In the southern hemisphere, what direction does the wind blow around a low pressure
center?

16. What is the Coriolis effect?

17. In the northern hemisphere, what direction is the wind deflected?

18. In the southern hemisphere, what direction is the wind deflected?

19. What is the jet stream?

20. What is an isobar?

21. In the northern hemisphere, will the wind circulate in a clockwise or

counterclockwise direction?

22. What types of clouds are associated with a cold front?

23. What is the symbol for a cold front?

24. What type of weather is associated with a cold front?

25. What types of clouds are associated with a warm front?

26. What is the symbol for a warm front?

27. What type of weather is associated with a warm front?

Define :
28. Convection

29. Conduction

30. Radiation

31. What is a Psychrometer used for?

Water Cycle (Define):

32. Precipitation

33. Evaporation

34. Condensation
 35. Transpiration

36. percolation

37. Draw the water cycle and label the words above on your drawing:

Front (Define each front and write the symbol that is used on weather maps):

38. Warm Front

39. Cold Front

40. Stationary Front

Clouds:
41. How do clouds form?

42. Why are some clouds formed from water droplets, while others are made up of
ice crystals?

Air Pressure (Define):

43. High air pressure

44. Low air pressure

45. What is the cause of high and low pressure areas?

46. What happens to air pressure as elevation increases?