Chapter 9 study guide and vocabulary

Dear parent:

The following is the study guide students will be completing for the chapter 9 science test. I am sending a copy home for you to use as resource to help your student prepare for the test. Please take time throughout our unit to review the information with your student. I have also included the vocabulary words for this chapter. It is very important that your student be able to define those words. If you have any questions please contact me. ~Mrs. Scholten

 Chapter 9 Study guide

1.     Explain how the water cycle works. ____________________________________

2.     How does evaporation happen? ________________________________________

5. What happens to the precipitation after it hits the ground? ___________________

6. Where do hurricanes happen? __________________________________________

7. What major problem can hurricanes cause? _______________________________

8. What are 2 types of severe weather that affect us? __________________________

11. What causes sea breeze storms? _______________________________________

12. Where so many sea breeze storms occur? _______________________________

14. How do rain shadows happen? ________________________________________

15. There are 4 different types of air masses. Explain what type of weather each type of air mass can produce.

     a. cold, wet air mass: ________________________________________________

     b. cold, dry air mass: ________________________________________________

     c. warm air mas: ____________________________________________________

     d. warm, dry air mass: _______________________________________________

16. How does a cold front happen? _______________________________________

17. How does a warm front happen? ______________________________________

18. What do most fronts cause? __________________________________________

 Vocabulary

1.     Air mass: a large body of air that has a similar temperature and moisture level

 2.     Snow: precipitation caused when water vapor turns directly into ice and forms ice crystals

 3.     Barometer: instruments that measure air pressure

 4.      Sea breeze: a breeze that moves from the water to the land

 5.      Sleet: precipitation made when rain falls through freezing air and turns into ice

 6.      Tornado: a fast-spinning spiral of wind that touches the ground

7.      Condensation: the process by which a gas changes into a liquid

 8.      Evaporation: the process by which a liquid changes into a gas

 9.      Anemometer: a weather instrument that measures wind speed

 10.                         Water cycle: the movement of water from the surface of

Earth to the air and back

 11.                        Hurricane: a large tropical storm that has winds of at least 74 miles per hour

 12.                        Precipitation: water that falls to the Earth

 13.                         Rain: precipitation that is liquid water

 14.                         Hail: round pieces of ice formed when frozen rain is coated with water and refreezes

 15.                         Land breeze: a breeze that moves from the land to the water 

16.                         Rain shadow: the area on the side of a mountain range that gets little or no rain or cloud cover

 17.                         Cold front: the boundary where a cold air mass moves under a warm air mass

 18.                        Warm front: the boundary where a warm air mass moves under cold air mass