Name:_________________________

Date:______________________

Science Weather Unit Study Guide

Directions: match each vocabulary term
1. greenhouse effect

_______ the boarder where 2 air masses meet

2. air pressure

_______ high-altitude wispy clouds

3. front

_______ the trapping of the suns energy in the

atmosphere, warming the Earth
_______ particles of air pressing down on
Earths surface

4. cirrus

Directions: fill in each blank with the missing word

5. The ___________________ is the layer of the atmosphere most weather occurs
6. Air pressure changes with height. We know that it ________________ with height.
7. ____________________ and ________________________ are the 2 properties
used to describe an air mass.
8. We constructed a _____________
and direction.

______________ to measure the wind speed

Directions: Answer the following questions.

8. What are the layers of Earths atmosphere?
___________________
______________________
___________________
______________________
9. What color or shape would you use to represent a cold air mass? Why?

10. Using the wind scale on page D11, describe a wind speed of 30 km/h.

11. Describe a weather front.

12. List the 4 different types of clouds and describe each cloud
a. ______________ - _____________________________________________
b. ______________ - _____________________________________________
c. ______________ - _____________________________________________
d. ______________ - _____________________________________________