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What is climate?
• I can describe weather factors.
#1
• Where does sunlight strike earth most
directly?
• Equator
2
• Why is it colder closer to the poles?
The Sun’s rays strike at less direct angle and the
heat spreads out.
3
• On what part of the Earth is sunlight least
concentrated?
• poles
4
• How does the amount of heat energy from the
Sun at the equator compare with the amount
of heat energy from the Sun at the Poles? BE
SPECIFIC in your answer
• The amount of heat energy from the Sun is
the same at the equator as the poles. It is the
angle that is different.
5
• Why do scientists describe the Earth as made
up in layers?
• Different layers have different characteristics.
Different layers have different amounts of gas
particles.
6
• What is air pressure?
• The force put on a given area by the weight of
the air above it.
7
• Describe insolation and its affect on the
atmosphere.
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8
• Does all the energy from the sun stay on
earth? Give an example in your answer
• Only about 50% is absorbed by Earth’s surface
9
• What happens to molecules as the
temperature rises.
• As the temperature rises the molecules move
faster and faster and farther apart
10
• What are global winds? Where do global
winds come from?
• Are winds that blow steadily over long
distances in a predictable direction,
• Sunlight heats the equator more than Earth’s
poles,
11
• What are local winds?
• Causes
– Different parts of Earth’s surface are heated by the
Sun at different rates.
12
• How are local winds different than global
winds?
• Global winds are worldwide
• Local winds are in a specific area
13
• How do we measure air pressure and wind?
Instruments
• Barometer– measures atmospheric pressure
• Anemometer—measures wind speed
• Weather vane—instrument that shows which
way the wind is blowing.
14
• Make a chart showing the 3 main types of
clouds, give a visual description of each type,
describe the weather associated with each
type of cloud.
15
• List the 4 types of precipitation.
• Rain, snow, sleet, hail
16
• Compare and contrast air masses and front?
• An air mass is a large region of air that has a
similar temperature and humidity
• An front---where one air mass meets another,
this meeting place
17
• What happens when a cold air mass meets a
warm air mass?
• A storm--• Three main types of fronts (cold, stationary
and warm)
18
• Describe highs and lows
• Highs– is a large mass of air with the highest
air pressure (warmer, humid air)
• Lows– a large air mass with low air pressure
• Isobar--
19
• Describe thunderstorms, winter storms,
tornadoes, hurricanes
How do they form?
What are some of the results of these storms?
How can these storms be tracked?
20
• How are these storms #19 tracked?
• Doppler radar and # 13
21
• What is climate? (Use the concept web given
in class for the next questions)
• The average weather of a place. 2 important
variables are temperature and rainfall
22
• What factors affect climate? (use the concept
map)
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• How does climate affect you? List 3 ways. (Use
the concept map)
24
• What affects climate?
25
• What affects does El Nino have on climate?
26
• What is the name used for a scientist that
studies climate?
• Climatologist
27
• What is the name used for a scientist that
study the weather?
• Meterologist.