<p> ATMOSPHERE UNIT 5. What is the importance of ozone? TEST STUDY GUIDE</p><p>Important Terms to Know:</p><p>1. Air Mass 2. Anticyclone 3. Conduction 4. Convection 5. Coriolis Effect 6. Climate 7. Cyclone 8. Density 9. Front 10. Greenhouse Effect 11. Greenhouse Gases 12. Isobar 13. Pressure Gradient 14. Prevailing Wind 15. Radiation 16. Weather 17. Wind 18. Weather Station Model 19. Air Pressure 20.Isotherm</p><p>WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW…..</p><p>ATMOSPHERE 1. List the top four gases found in the atmosphere from greatest to least. 2. What is the most abundant element in the atmosphere? 3. List the layers of the atmosphere from lowest to highest. 4. What are important characteristics within each layer of the atmosphere? 19. What causes wind? 20.What is a high pressure center? 6. In which layer is ozone located? 7. In what ways is energy transferred? 8. How does Earth receive most of its energy? 9. Which greenhouse gas most affects global temperatures? 10. What is the relationship between air temperature, density, and air pressure? 11. Know how to describe various air movement on Earth, depending on air temperature, moisture content, location, etc.</p><p>CLIMATE & WEATHER BASICS </p><p>12. Know the difference between weather and climate. 13. What are factors that affect climate? 14. What are factors that affect weather? 15. Be able to analyze and interpret various graphs relating to our atmosphere unit. 16. Draw the symbols for and describe (include weather conditions) the following types of fronts: a. Cold Front b. Warm Front 17. What happens when a cold front and warm front “meet”? 18. Be able to locate where precipitation is occurring on a weather map. You should be able to do this based on your answers to 16 and 17. 21. What is another name for a high pressure center? 22.What kind of weather is associated with a high pressure center? 23.How does air move around a high pressure center in the Northern Hemisphere? 24.What is a low pressure center? 25.What is another name for a low pressure center? 26.What kind of weather is associated with a low pressure center? 27.How does air move around a low pressure center in the Northern Hemisphere? 28.Draw a diagram of low and high pressure centers showing correct movement of air (in or out) and direction (clockwise/to the right or counterclockwise/to the left). 29.Be able to correctly draw isobars/isotherms on a weather map. 30.Be able to decode a weather station model. 31. Be able to label a weather station model given specific weather data. 32.List the factors that affect climate and how they affect climate. (Hint: Reading Strategy Section 21.1) 33.What is the relationship between latitude and average temperature? AIR MASSES</p><p>34.Does warm air rise or sink? Explain why. 35.Does cold air rise or sink? Explain why. 36.Why do clouds form? 37.Air Mass Classifications: What do the abbreviations stand for and what kind of air is associated with each. 1. mP 2. cP 3. mT 4. mP 2. Be able to label a map with the above air mass classifications. 3. Which two (2) air masses affect the weather of the United States? 4. Be able to identify how air moves over a mountain and what type of weather conditions may be produced. </p>