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Weather
Final Review
8
Science
6th Grade
06/11/2013

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Illustrate the water cycle.  Include the sun, evaporation, condensation and precipitation.
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Illustrate a land breeze, and describe the movement of warm and cold air.  When does it occur?
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Illustrate a sea breeze, and describe the movement of warm and cold air.  When does it occur?
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Define and illustrate a front.
Definition
A front is when air masses of different temperature, pressure, and humidity collide causing changes in weather.
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In which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?
Definition
In the troposhpere, the lowest layer of the atmosphere.
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Diagram weather symbols including a cold front, warm front, stationary front, and occluded front.  How do we know which way the front is moving on a weather map?
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Why does a hurricane form?
Definition
Forms when warm, moist air rises over tropical waters causing a massive, rotating storm (vortex)
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When and where do most tornadoes occur?
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Tornadoes occur when moist, warm air meets dry, cold air causing a rotating storm (vortex).  Most tornadoes occur in U.S. in Tornado Alley.
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