Weather study guide

Weather study guide

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Weather:  Science Test Study Guide

Here is what you need to know….

1.  Be able to describe what the following are and how they form:

Hurricanes (and storm surge)

Tornados

Thunderstorms

types of precipitation

-drizzle

-rain

-sleet

-snow

-hail

2. Cloud types and what type of weather they indicate:

cirrus

 

cumulonimbus

 cumulus

stratus

3. The water cycle:  evaporation, condensation, precipitation

4. How air temperature affects density

5. How the ocean affects weather (including ocean temps in the tropics and poles)

6. Read a data table and graph that shows temperature change:

For example:  What was the temperature change from day 1 to day 6?

day 1= 43˚ F day 2=53 ˚F day 3 =50˚F day 4= 57˚F day 5= 59˚F day 6= 67˚F

7. Know the vocabulary words:      troposphere        hygrometer          hurricane         tornado          ozone         humidity           convection current          meteorology         barometer         thermometer         anemometer           thunderstorm