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Climate and Climate Change
Climate and Factors that affect it
Name:_____________
Section:_________
E.ES.07.13 – Describe how the warming of Earth by the Sun produces winds and ocean currents.
E.ES.07.71 - Compare and contrast the difference and relationship between climate and weather.
E.Es.07.72 – Describe how different weather occurs due to the constant motion of the atmosphere from the energy of the Sun
reaching the surface of Earth.
E.ES.07.73 – Explain how the temperature of the oceans affects the different climates on Earth because water in the oceans holds
a large amount of heat.
E.ES.07.74 - Describe weather conditions associated with frontal boundaries (cold, warm, stationary, and occluded) and the
movement of major air masses and the jet stream across North America using a weather map.
Day 1
Prior Knowledge
Engage: With a shoulder partner answer the following questions.
How are climate and weather similar and how are they different?__________________________________
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How and why is Earth constantly changing?__________________________________________________
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What regulates weather and climate? ________________________________________________________
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Essential questions: Write the 3 essential questions for this Concept: Meteorology
Prior knowledge: Independently write and answer the Essential Questions for the concept Climate and
Factors that Affect it (found on the right side of the DE website screen labeled Questions)
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Day 2
Discuss the following items with your shoulder partner:
Describe the summer and winter climate for Goodrich, Michigan__________________________________
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What factors contribute to this climate?______________________________________________________
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Describe the summer and winter climate for another place on Earth and describe the factors that contribute
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Whiteboard: With your group whiteboard the following: Come up with a tourism advertisement for the
region that the teacher has assigned for you. You may do either a summer or winter advertisement.
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Day 3
Engage: Climate and weather are different. How? Read through the engage tab.
Explore: Watch the video – Climate Review
Explore, Explore more resources: Watch the video – Weather Smart: Climate
With a shoulder partner discuss the difference between weather and climate.
Explain – Place the following words into the Venn diagram below that differentiates (shows similarities
and differences) weather and climate.
Clouds
Wind speed
moisture
precipitation
amount of rainfall per year
air temperature
seasons
Weather
dew point
Climate
What affects Climate?
Recall that there are several things we talked about that affect weather. What are they?
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Day 4
Explore: Oceans and Convection Currents (also on the bottom of the Explore tab with links)
Choose from the resources listed below to answer the essential questions in your science journal. Be
prepared to use evidence from what you read, hear and see to support your answers. You will not need to
use all the resources, but you will likely need to review more than one to find the information you need. Be
prepared to share your conclusions.
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Ocean Waves and Currents (Video Segment)
Circulation of Atmospheric Cells (Video Segment)
Ocean Currents (Video Segment)
Earth's Rotation and Weather Systems (Video Segment)
Ocean Currents (Video Segment)
Five Factors that Affect Climate (Video Segment)
Global air circulation (Image)
Hadley cell; simplified model (Image)
Wind circulation (Image)
Essential Questions:
How does the Sun cause large-scale convection in Earth’s atmosphere? ____________________________
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How does convection in the atmosphere create surface ocean currents? _____________________________
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How do the oceans affect climate?__________________________________________________________
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Explain how wind and ocean currents move energy from the equatorial regions. _____________________
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Day 5
Latitude and altitude
What causes mountain tops to be cooler? _____________________________________________________
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What causes lower latitudes to be warmer? ___________________________________________________
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With your group, please complete the following:
Search for and describe the climate and weather for a city in the world that has latitude between 0° and 10°
North or South.
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Search for and describe the climate and weather for a city in the world that has latitude between 60° and
70° North or South
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Compare and contrast these two cities in terms of their climate and weather patterns___________________
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Day 6
What causes deserts? ____________________________________________________________________
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Topography (mountains and rain shadow)
Examine the latitudes and temperature ranges of the cities in the map.
What is similar about these two cities? _____________________________________________________
What is different? _______________________________________________
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What is the difference between the following terms: windward and leeward?_______________________
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Whiteboard with your group how the windward and leeward of a mountain are so different. Be prepared to
defend your drawing with evidence.
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Day 7
Oceans and Large Lakes
How does water compare with land in its ability heat up and cool down?____________________________
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What role do large bodies of water play in climate?_____________________________________________
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With your group find 2 (two) pairs of cities with the same or very similar latitude in the United States. One
city in each pair must be on or near a large body of water, the other must be landlocked. Once you have
selected the cities, answer the following questions:
1) How is the climate of the two coastal cities the same and how is it different?_______________________
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2) How is the climate of the two landlocked cities the same and how is it different?___________________
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3) How does the climate of the two coastal cities compare to the climate of the landlocked cities?________
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Winds – Discuss with your shoulder partner.
What role does wind play in climate?________________________________________________________
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Which global wind is responsible for weather across the United States, how do you know this?__________
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