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Learning Set 2.2 – What Is Air Temperature?
Construct Explanations and/or Arguments Using Supporting Evidence
Using the “Read 1, Speak 2, Write 3” guidelines complete the following sections of reading.
Highlight and take notes on the handout, and complete the summary sections below.
Answer all questions that follow with COMPLETE SENTENCES.
Section 1 – What Is Air Temperature?
1. Read paragraphs 1 and 2 on page 67 silently. (highlight key ideas or vocabulary as you read)
2. Discuss what you read with a partner. Take notes in the margins on the handout.
3. Write a sentence summarizing the difference between an atom and a molecule.
4. Read paragraphs 3 and 4 on page 67 silently. (highlight key ideas or vocabulary as you read)
5. Discuss what you read with a partner. Take notes in the margins on the handout.
6. Write a sentence summarizing the relationship between thermal energy and kinetic energy.
Section 2 – How Is Thermal Energy Transferred?
Continue reading pages 68-70. Using the same Read 1, Speak 2, Write 3 strategies above, complete the following table
writing down your Summary Sentences. For this section use one of the “Sentence Starters” given on the handout.
Page #
Paragraph #
Page 68
Paragraphs 5-6
Page 68
Paragraphs 7-8
Summary Sentence
Page 68-69
Paragraphs 9-11
Page 69-70
Paragraphs 12-14
Section 3 – How Do Thermometers Measure Temperature?
1. Read p. 70-71 silently. (highlight key ideas or vocabulary as you read)
2. Discuss what you read with a partner. Take notes in the margins on the handout.
3. Answer the following questions using COMPLETE SENTENCES.
a. Why does the liquid in a thermometer rise when it is placed in a warm substance?
b. What two energy transfers occur when the liquid in a thermometer becomes warmer in warm air?
c. Why do you have to leave a thermometer in a substance for some amount of time to get an accurate
measurement of the substance’s temperature?
Section 4 – How Can Air Become Warmer?
1. Read pages 72-74 silently. (highlight key ideas or vocabulary as you read)
2. Discuss what you read with a partner. Take notes in the margins on the handout.
3. Complete the following table, writing a Summary Sentence in the space “How Energy is Transferred” and drawing a
picture to represent it.
Type of Heat Transfer
How the Energy is Transferred
Conduction
Paragraphs 22-23
Convection
Paragraphs 24-27
Radiation
Paragraphs 28-30
Stop and Think/Reflect Questions – answer with COMPLETE SENTENCES.
1. Both conduction and convection help transfer energy. How are they alike and different?
2. Describe the process through which Earth’s surface is warmed by sunlight.
3. How is the air near Earth’s surface warmed on a sunny day?
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4. Why does energy always transfer from a warmer object to a cooler object?
5.
If two areas of Earth’s surface receive different amounts of sunlight, what will be the effect on the temperature of
the atmosphere in those areas?
6. What areas of the Earth do you think have the highest and lowest average temperatures? Give your reasoning.
Highest and why:
Lowest and why:
7.
How do you think strong wind might affect temperature?
8. In most places, the average temperature in summer is higher than the average winter temperature. From this
observation, what can you conclude about the amount of the Sun’s solar energy that strikes Earth’s surface in
summer and winter?