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    This document contains a webquest on air masses, global winds, the Coriolis effect, and frontal boundaries. Students are directed to various websites to learn about these topics and answer questions. Key points covered include: - The differences between continental, maritime, polar, and tropical air masses. - What causes high and low pressure systems. - How the Coriolis effect causes winds to deflect to the right in the Northern Hemisphere. - That clouds tend to form near low pressure centers due to ascending air which allows for condensation. - The direction of wind flow around high and low pressure systems. - The characteristics of cold and warm fronts, including the air

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    This document contains a webquest on air masses, global winds, the Coriolis effect, and frontal boundaries. Students are directed to various websites to learn about these topics and answer questions. Key points covered include: - The differences between continental, maritime, polar, and tropical air masses. - What causes high and low pressure systems. - How the Coriolis effect causes winds to deflect to the right in the Northern Hemisphere. - That clouds tend to form near low pressure centers due to ascending air which allows for condensation. - The direction of wind flow around high and low pressure systems. - The characteristics of cold and warm fronts, including the air

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    NAME _______________________________ Period: ___ Date: ________________

    Earth Science Wind/Pressure/Weather WebQuest

    Part 1. Air Masses


    1. http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/yos/resource/JetStream/synoptic/airmass.htm:
    a. What is an airmass? An airmass is
    _______________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________________________

    b. Explain the difference between a “continental(c) ” air mass, and a “maritime(m)” air mass.
    __________________________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________ .

    c. Explain the difference between a “polar(P)” air mass and a “tropical(T)” air mass.

    2. They describe an air mass by its Moisture content and Temperature, so each air mass has two letters. Name
    each air mass and describe it by moisture content and temperature.
    cP = cT =

    mP = mT =
    Using the map on the webpage, label each of the bubbles below.

    Environmental Science 1st Semester, AY 2022-2023


    a. Three air masses affect North Carolina’s weather the most. Name their air mass symbols and tell me
    where they come from.

    2. Go to the website: http://www.weatherquestions.com/What_causes_high_pressure.htm to find out what


    causes a high pressure air mass.
    a. What causes an air mass to have a high pressure?
    __________________________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________ .

    3. The website http://www.weatherquestions.com/What_causes_low_pressure.htm will help you answer the


    following question:
    a. What causes an air mass to have a low pressure?
    __________________________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________ .

    4. Look at this picture: http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/images/thermal2.GIF. Does air move


    from high pressure to low, or low to high?
    ______________________________________________________________ .

    Part 2. Global Winds


    5. http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wwhlpr/global_winds.rxml What are the Global Winds?

    Label B – L in the diagram below.

    Environmental Science 1st Semester, AY 2022-2023


    Part 3. Coriolis Effect
    6. The Coriolis Effect affects Earth’s winds. Read the information at this website to find out about the Coriolis
    Effect: http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fw/crls.rxml . The video at the bottom will give you a
    visual of the Coriolis Effect.
    a. Click on the “Pressure Gradient” link. What is the direction of the net force between two pressure
    systems? From pressure to pressure.
    b. Click on the “High” link. What is a High Pressure Center and what does it mean?

    c. In the video, why does the ball not roll straight across the merry-go-round?
    __________________________________________________________________________________________

    d. How is the Earth similar to the merry-go-round? (look at the figure)


    __________________________________________________________________________________________

    e. Wind is an object that is affected by the Coriolis Effect. What happens to winds in the Northern
    Hemisphere as a results of the Coriolis Effect?
    ________________________________________________________.

    7. Use the animation at the following website to help you find out how the Coriolis Effect affects wind:
    http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1905/es1905page01.cfm .

    a. Which way does the Coriolis Effect deflect wind in the Northern Hemisphere?
    _________________________________________________________________________________________.

    Part 4. Pressure Centers and Weather


    8. Go to the website listed here: http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wx/surface.rxml . Then, find the picture
    that says “Sea Level Pressure with IR satellite”. Click on this figure to bring up a new window. Click on the
    button that says “Aminate”. Choose “96 frames”. Answer the following questions:

    a. This map shows you isobars and cloud cover. Click on the ? help to explain what an isobar is.
    __________________________________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________ .

    b. Look at the map and find Chicago. Between which two isobars is Chicago?
    ________________________ .

    c. Press “Play” on the window, and watch where the clouds travel. Do the clouds tend to be near High
    pressure centers (H) or Low pressure centers?
    ________________________________________________________.

    9. This website will help explain why High pressure centers usually mean good weather, and Low pressure
    centers usually mean bad weather: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tg/whighlow/whighlow.htm . Go here
    and read to discover why this is true, and then answer the following questions:

    a. Air descends (comes down) at High pressure areas. Why does descending air not allow for clouds to
    form?_____________________________________________________________________________________

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    b. Air ascends (goes up) at Low pressure areas. Why does ascending air allow for clouds to form?
    __________________________________________________________________________________________
    _____________ .

    c. Use diagram to determine the direction of wind motion. What is the direction around a High pressure
    system?
    d. What is the direction around a Low pressure system?

    Part 5. Frontal Boundaries


    10. This website will help you to understand a frontal boundary. Read the Introduction at the top and answer
    the following questions. http://www.phschool.com/atschool/phsciexp/active_art/weather_fronts/

    a. What is a weather front?

    11. Play the Cold front animation and read the information above to answer the questions below.
    a. Which air mass is doing the pushing?
    b. What forms when the warm air gets pushed ”up” by the cold air?
    c. What kind of clouds form at the frontal boundary?
    d. What weather is associated with this cloud type?
    12. Play the Warm Front animation and answer the questions below.
    a. Which air mass is doing the pushing?
    b. What forms when the warm air rides “up” over the cold air?
    c. What kind of clouds form at this frontal boundary?
    d. What kind of clouds are at the very front edge of this boundary?
    13. Below you will see on the weather map the symbol for a Cold Front is a Blue line with Triangles and a
    Warm Front is a Red line with half-circles. Label the diagram to show where the cool, dry (cP) air mass and the
    warm, moist (mT) air mass is in the picture.

    a. Along which frontal boundary will thunderstorms


    develop?
    b. Along which frontal boundary will all-day rain occur?

    c. Look at the wind arrows on the diagram, do they match


    the direction of motion you determined in questions 9, d?
    What direction is that?

    Environmental Science 1st Semester, AY 2022-2023


    14. What happens at a Stationary Front?

    15. Search the internet to find out the weather map symbol for a Stationary Front and draw below.

    16. Click on this website to see the Current Weather Map.


    http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/currentweatherusnational/index_large.html
    a. Where is a Cold Front occurring?
    b. Where is a Warm Front occurring?
    c. What type of air mass are we currently in?

    Environmental Science 1st Semester, AY 2022-2023

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