Update

I will not be able to make the meetings today or next Thursday, so I won't see you guys before the competition. Hopefully you guys have started reviewing the concepts we have covered this year.

Know the following information:

• All 12 cloud types and their locations (high cloud, low cloud, middle cloud)
• Characteristics of the different types of clouds (rain clouds, wispy clouds, puffy clouds, etc.)
• Identifying clouds from a diagram
• What each type of cloud predicts (e.g. cirrus clouds predict fair weather)
• Weather instruments, their uses, and what they look like
• Weather and Climate
• Climate systems
• Seasons
• Equinox/Solstice
• Climate Change/Greenhouse Gases
• The Moon and its responsibility
• The Water Cycle
• Layers of the Atmosphere
• Characteristics of the Atmosphere (e.g. know where the ozone layer is, where weather happens, etc.)
• Pressure
• Humidity
• Temperature
• Wind Chill/Heat Index
• Rain and Thunderstorms
• How Lightning works
• Floods and Droughts
• Snow and its formation
• Types of winter storms (e.g. Alberta Clipper, Nor'easter, Lake Effect Snow, etc.)
• Characteristics of hurricanes
• Tornado Alley
• Types of tornadoes (waterspouts, funnel clouds, etc.)
• Characteristics of tornadoes
• Wind
• Fronts
• Jet Stream
• Direction winds blow in (it's OPPOSITE! The Westerlies blow east and the Easterlies blow west)
• Scales and their usage (e.g. Saffir-Simpson, Fujita, Beaufort, etc.)
• El Niño/La Niña
• Air Masses
• Weather Scientists
• HISTORICAL STORMS (Research some historical hurricanes and tornadoes, one will be guaranteed to show up on the test. Not going to help you though.)

STUDYING STRATEGY: REVIEW THE MULTIPLE CHOICE AND TRUE FALSE QUESTIONS ON QUIZZES AND HOMEWORK!

You should have the quiz answers. I can guarantee that some of the questions on the invitational are variations of questions you've had before.

Multiple Choice and True/False answers on the homework (+select questions):

Unit 1

5. A

6. C

7. T

8. T

9. F

Unit 4

97. C (it's supposed to be a glacier)

98. D

99. A

100. B

155. F

156. T

157. F

158. T

159. T

160. F

161. T

162. F

163. F

164. T

165. T

166. T

167. F

168. F

169. T

170. F

171. T

172. T

173. T

174. F

Unit 6

199. D

200. E

201. B

203. C

212. decreases

214. II-V; VI-IX

217. out of

218. into

226. D

227. D

228. C

Unit 7

268. B

271. C

272. all of them

284. E

301. T

302. T

303. T

304. F

305. F

306. T

307. T

308. F

309. T

310. F

311. F

323. D

324. E

325. B

Unit 8

337. B

338. C

339. A

342. D 

346. reflects

359. F

360. T

361. T

362. F

363. T

364. F

365. F

366. F

367. T

368. T

387. B

388. A

389. D

Unit 9

394. CCW

395. CW

431. T

432. F

433. T

434. T

435. F

436. T

437. F

438. T

439. T

440. T

441. T

442. F

443. T

444. F

445. F

446. C

447. D

448. A

449. D

479. D

480. B

481. E

482. A

483. C

484. B

485. E

486. E

487. C

488. C

489. E

490. B

491. F

492. F

493. F

494. F

495. T

496. F

497. F

498. F

499. F

Unit 11

535. C

539. high to low

542. A

547. B

549. A

559. T

560. F

561. T

562. T

563. F

564. T

565. F

566. T

567. T

575. A, B, D, F, G, H, I, J, K, M, O, Q, R

Unit 12

599. mP

600. cP

601. cP

602. mP

603. mT

604. cT

605. mT

607. cP

608. cT

Unit 13

answers are given on the page

Good luck on the test! I would never give away any hints on this post, but even if I did, study everything anyways because anything can show up the exam. :)

If you have any questions, email me at ajz1998@gmail.com or comment on this post.