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Ch. 8 Test
Review
Mr. Maine
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Chapter 8 Review
• Convection currents form when air temperatures are different.
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Chapter 8 Review• What happens as you move from the
troposphere to the stratosphere?
- Air pressure decreases.
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Chapter 8 Review• Winds generally blow from west to east
over the United States due to a huge convection current over the North American continent and the rotation of Earth.
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Chapter 8 Review
• What causes precipitation at fronts?
- Rising warm air.
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Chapter 8 Review
• A severe storm warning means that severe storms have already formed.
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Chapter 8 Review
• A column of wind lifted up on one end by upward winds and pressed down on the other end by downward winds describes a tornado.
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Chapter 8 Review
• Hurricanes get their energy from warm ocean waters.
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Chapter 8 Review
• Which weather instrument is used to measure wind speed?
- Anemometer
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Chapter 8 Review
• What does the H on the weather map represent?
- Area of high pressure.
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Chapter 8 Review
• A forecaster determining the climate of an area would find the average yearly precipitation most helpful.
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Chapter 8 Review
• How do the Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Drift currents affect weather in Europe?
- They cause the temperature to be warmer than they would be otherwise.
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Chapter 8 Review• A scientist studying climates finds a fossil
of a fish in the desert. What can the scientist learn from this fossil?
- That the desert probably had a wet climate at one time.