Review questions for Quiz #5: Earthquakes

Vocabulary:

  1. Seismologist
  2. Seismograph
  3. Seismogram
  4. Epicenter
  5. Focus/hypocenter
  6. Plate Tectonic Theory

Content:

  1. What is the difference between P-, and S-waves (names and motion)?
  2. How are seismic waves recorded on seismographs?
  3. How is data on a seismogram used to locate the epicenter of an earthquake?
  4. Why do scientists use both the Richter and Mercalli scales?

 

 

Review Questions for Quiz #3: Friday, October 9

 Vocabulary

  1. Stable  Air Mass
  2. Unstable Air Mass
  3. Thermal Energy
  4. Evaporation
  5. Condensation

 Content

  1. How do warm surfaces affect the temperature of the air above? (lab 4.1)
  2. How do cold surfaces affect the temperature of the air above? (lab 4.1)
  3. How do warm surfaces affect the movement of air above the surface? (lab 4.2)
  4. How do cold surfaces affect the movement of air above the surface? (lab 4.2)
  5. What happens when air masses of different temperatures meet? (lab 5.1)

 Extra Credit: Name the layers of the atmosphere in order.

 

 

 

 

REVIEW QUESTIONS QUIZ #2

Quiz #2: Storms

Vocabulary:

  1. Convection:  The process by which heat moves efficiently through air and water; the transfer of heat by the circulation or movement of the heated parts of a liquid or gas
  2. Cumulonimbus: Large, tall, dense (clouds) reaching altitudes of 30,000 feet, thunder clouds
  3. Vortex:  The movement of liquids or gases in a spiral around a central axis
  4. Conduction: Heating by two solids in contact (ex. Pan on an electric coil); the transfer of heat between two parts of a stationary system, caused by a temperature difference between the parts
  5. Barometer: Weather tool used to measure atmospheric pressure in millibars
  6. Anemometer: Weather tool used to measure wind speed

 

Content:

  1. What is the charge of a proton?  Positive
  2. What is the charge of an electron?  Negative
  3. How does a thundercloud form?  Warm, moist air meets a cooler air mass.  Moist air rises and becomes unstable.  Moist air condenses into a cloud and freezes (forming hail) at higher altitudes.
  4. Which storms include a vortex?  Hurricanes and tornadoes.
  5. What is the difference between the rates at which soil and water heat when thermal energy is applied?  Soil heats faster than water.
  6. What is the difference between the rates at which soil water cool when thermal energy is applied?  Soil cools faster.
  7. How do the different rates of heating and cooling of soil and water influence weather?  Weather is more temperate (less extreme) along a coastline.  Cooler weather often occurs inland (more snow and freezing temperatures).