Science 7

RECAP ON
WEATHER
 TRUE 1. When the air
pressure is high,
there will be a fair-
Identify whether weather condition.
the following TRUE 2. The air pressure
statements at the surface is
about weather is low when warm air
TRUE or FALSE. rises on land or in
water.
 FALSE 3. Land breeze occurs
during daytime when
the land heats above
the surface
Identify whether temperature of the
the following sea.
statements FALSE 4. Precipitation is the
about weather is amount of water vapor
TRUE or FALSE. present in the
atmosphere.
 TRUE 5. Clouds are formed
when moisture in
the air condenses.
Identify whether FALSE 6. Cold front is
the following formed when a mass
statements about of warm air
weather is TRUE overtakes and
or FALSE. moves over a mass
of cold air.
Describe the different
wind systems and air
masses.

Illustrate the location

of the global winds.

Identify what accounts for

the occurrence of land and
sea breezes, monsoons and
intertropical convergence
zone (ITCZ).
A large mass of air
that has similar
characteristics
of temperature and
humidity within it.
AIR MASSES acquire
characteristics above an
area of land or water
known as its source region.
When the air mass sits over
a region for several days,
or longer, it picks up the
distinct temperature and
humidity characteristics of
that region.
Continental polar (cP):
dry, cold air mass
It can be found at the
north and south poles and
they are cold and dry
because of where it is
located, which is at high
latitudes. This type of wind
system forms when cool
air, at the poles, and
then transfers to the
equator.
It is located in the 30-60
degrees latitude in the
northern and southern
hemispheres. They blow
from west to east and
occur in the clement
part of the Earth.
- It takes direction in an
east to west flow because of
the rotation of the Earth. As
air from the equator rises, it
gets warmer and when it
cools down, it comes back
down to the equator.
Tropical easterlies are
located 0-30 degrees latitude
in both hemispheres.
 It usually occurs in tropic
regions and appears when
southwest and northeast
trade winds converge in a low
pressure zone. It usually
appears as a band of clouds
consisting of rain showers
with occasional
thunderstorms that encircles
the globe near the equator.