Unit 5 quiz review

Barometer: Measures air pressure

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Quick check

When the mercury goes up in a barometer, the air pressure goes down.

The air up there for 100

• Maritime continental is a dry and humid air mass.

The air up there Answer for 100

• True!

• Maritime means humid and continental means dry!

The air up there for 300

• Warm air is less dense and holds less water.

The air up there Answer for 300

• False

• Warm air holds more!!!!

The air up there for 500

• Cold fronts are where cold air masses push against the warm air masses and cause more severe weather.

Answer for 500

• True

Cold air is heavy so it pushes warm air up!

Drama!!! Dramatic weather!

Components of weather100

• When a cloud can’t hold any more water this happens for weather.

Components of weather Answer for 100

• What is precipitation?

Components of weather for 300

• Humidity is when the air is saturated with water.

Components of weather Answer for 300

• True!!!

Components of weather 500

• Earth’s wind moves in convection cells .

Answer for 500

• True!! Air cools and falls and heats up and rises… that is convection!

Layers of the atmosphere 100

• The layer that is closest to the Earth is….

Layers of the atmosphere answer 100

• What is the troposphere?

Layers of the atmosphere 300

• The ozone is located in this layer?

Layers of the atmosphere answer 300

What is the stratosphere?

Layers of the atmosphere 500

• This is the layer where meteors burn up.

Layers of the atmosphere answer 500

• What is the mesosphere?

Heat travels 100

• the transfer of heat by the circulation or movement of the heated parts of a liquid or gas.

Heat travels answer 100

• What is Convection?

Heat Travels 300

• What is being displayed by the picture?

Heat travels answer for 300

• What is Conduction?

Heat Travels 500

• Radiation needs a medium (liquid or gas) to travel through.

Heat travels answer for 500!

• That would be false!!!

Final Jeopardy!!

• A stationary front moves around quickly.

Final jeopardy!

• STAtionary STAYS put!