Meteorology Final Study Guide

1. Which is NOT TRUE about climate?

2. Which of the following would have the least direct effect on the climate of an area?

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

4. Where is Ozone considered a pollutant?

5. Without greenhouse gases, what would happen to Earth's temperature?

6. Which of the following best describes how the greenhouse effect works?

7. Phoenix and Flagstaff Arizona are only about a hundred miles apart, yet their climate is vastly different. Which of
the following is the best explanation of why the climate of these two cities is so different?

8. Mr. Busby says that all of the climate change happening on Earth is caused by humans. Mrs. Robertson says that
there is no evidence to suggest that climate change is caused by humans, that it is all part of Earth’s natural cycles.
Which teacher is correct?

9. What causes the seasons?

10. Which of the following is the best explanation for what causes global wind patterns?

11. How would the climate of Utah be different if Earth’s axis was not tilted, but was straight up and down:

12. When we are talking about Earth’s energy budget, what is the ideal condition to keep a constant and steady
climate?

13. Which would have a higher albedo, snow or dirt?

14. Which of the following is a way that we can learn about the past climate of our planet?

15. Which type of weather would you expect to find in an area experiencing high pressure?
 16. Choose which picture would represent Summer in Utah?

Match each of the following pictures with the cycle they represent

17. _________Eccentricity
18. _________Precession
19. _________Obliquity
Use the picture to the right to answer the next question:

20. In which layer of the atmosphere is ozone mostly located?

21. Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?

22. Which of the following conditions is necessary for hurricane

formation?

Match the following weather instruments with what they measure by putting the letter of your answer in the space
provided:

23. ______ Barometer

24. ______ Psychrometer
25. ______ Satellite Imaging
26. ______ Doppler Radar
27. ______ Anemometer

28. Why are tornadoes common in the Midwest?

29. Imagine that it is 95 here in Alpine when the air pressure suddenly drops. What do you predict this drop in air
pressure would indicate about our weather for the rest of that day?

30. Which of the following is the best explanation for the increase of carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere
since 1850?

31. What produces the electrical charge that causes lightning?

32. Why does North America release more CO2 into the atmosphere than Africa?
Use the picture below answer the next 2 questions.

33. Which latitude in Africa has the highest albedo?

34. Based solely on your knowledge of albedo, which latitude in Africa would have the coolest surface temperatures?

35. In 1958, a geochemist began measuring the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. The data collected are organized in
the graph shown. What conclusion can best be developed
from the data on this graph?

36. What kind of feedback is this? When your body gets warmer
it starts to sweat. This takes heat away from your body and
cools you down. As you get colder, your body starts to
shiver, which produces heat and warms you up.

Label each of the following as processes that add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere or as processes that remove carbon
dioxide out of the atmosphere.

Add = A, Remove = B

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 43. Imagine that Salt Lake Valley was experiencing high pressure and Utah Valley (where we live) was experiencing
low pressure. Tell me which way the wind would be blowing.

44. A warm air mass close to the ground has a relative humidity of 60%. What will happen to relative humidity as that
air rises?

45. What happens to the air at the equator?

46. What happens to the air around 30° latitude?

47. What happens to the air around 60° latitude?

48. Which of the following correctly identifies the prevailing winds at each latitude?

49. The Coriolis Effect causes wind in the northern hemisphere to turn in which direction?

50. What causes the Coriolis Effect?

Match the following types of fronts with their description and the type of weather they produce.

51. Warm front

52. Cold front

53. Occluded front

54. Stationary front

Match the following types of fronts with the symbol (and description) we use to show the on a map.

55. Warm front

56. Cold front

57. Occluded front

58. Stationary front

59. What is an air mass?

60. What is a weather front?