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Water Cycle
Climate
Clouds
Weather
Systems
Wonderful
Weather!
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Fill in the blank:
The four major components to the
water cycle are:
Evaporation,________________, Precipitation, Run-off
What is CONDENSATION?
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Image from: http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/earths_atmosphere/images/water_cycle/hydrologic_cycle2.jpg
Sleet, rain, snow, and hail are all
forms of _____________.
What is precipitation?
Precipitation returns to Earth in many forms,
depending upon atmospheric conditions (such
as the temperature).
The process which causes the
rainwater in the street to
disappear on a hot sunny day is
called:
What is
evaporation?
The sun provides something called radiant heat
energy, which is necessary to change water from
a liquid state of matter to a vapor state of matter.
When precipitation lands on
saturated ground, the flow of
water downhill is called…
What is RUNOFF?
• Runoff can flow over bare soil and deposit
sediment into rivers, which is not good for water
quality. Runoff that has entered creeks, rivers, and
streams then travels back to the ocean.
Correctly label 5 out of the 8
parts of the water cycle (on a separate
sheet of paper):
All the weather conditions for a given
location over a period of time
What is CLIMATE?
The instrument that meteorologists
use to measure the changes in wind
speed and direction
What is an anemometer?
To accurately forecast the weather, meteorologists
must be able to collect and analyze a lot of
information very quickly. Meteorologists use
anemometers to measure wind speed and direction.
When you are looking at maps, this type
of map indicates changes in the shape
and elevation of the land.
What are Topographic Maps?
Topography is the depiction
of the surface area of a region.
The surface area can include
such features as rivers,
valleys, and mountains.
Image from: http://www.trails.com/topo-learnmore.aspx?r=%2ftopo.aspx%3flat%3d35.77515%26lon%3d-78.70139%26s%3d50%26size%3dm
In North Carolina, the longest period of
daylight occurs during this month:
What is June?
North Carolina is located in the Northern Hemisphere
(north of the Equator). We receive our most direct rays
from the sun during the month of June (usually around
June 23) when we have our summer solstice.
List THREE variables that
influence weather and climate.
What are latitude, altitude, proximity to large bodies of
water, prevailing winds, or topography (choose any 3)?
1.
Latitude is your location on the earth in relationship to the Equator.
2.
Altitude
3.
Proximity or how close you are to large bodies of water. Because ocean currents can be warm or cool, they can
affect the air temperature above it.
4.
Prevailing winds can be land or sea breezes. A prevailing wind is one that blows from one direction more often
than any other wind during a specific period of time
5.
Topography means the shape or form of the land…mountains, deserts, etc.
List the FOUR primary
types of clouds.
What are: stratus, cirrus,
cumulus, and nimbus?
Most clouds are
either one of these
primary types or a
combination of types.
These clouds are large and thin.
When they are near the ground,
they are fog.
What are stratus clouds?
Compare snow and sleet.
Compare means to tell all the
ways things are alike!
• Snow and sleet both start in clouds as water vapor that
freezes before falling.
• Although sleet melts on the way down as it passes through
warmer air, both sleet and snow hit the ground frozen.
Contrast nimbus clouds and
cirrus clouds (Find 3 differences).
Contrast means to tell the ways
things are different.
How nimbus are different
• Dark, fluffy
• Look thick
• Full of water
How cirrus are different
• Wispy, thin
• Look like feathers
• Made mostly of ice crystals
List the FOUR layers of the
atmosphere.
Recipe for weather!!
1.
2.
3.
4.
Directions: Combine ingredients in the troposphere, mix thoroughly, and you will
have weather!!
http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/basic5.html
What are: thermosphere,
mesosphere, stratosphere, and
troposphere?
http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/basic5.html
Identify the EYE of the hurricane
in the photograph below.
The eye of the hurricane is the center of the
storm. It is also the calmest part of the storm.
The storm rotates counter-clockwise around
the eye.
This weather pattern is a cone-shaped column
of air that rotates and comes down from a
thunderstorm but does NOT touch the ground.
What is a FUNNEL CLOUD?
List 3 of the major causes
of hurricanes.
What are: pre-existing thunderstorms,
warm ocean water, and light winds
above and outside the storm?
You have just returned home from soccer
practice. A strong thunderstorm has begun,
and you hear thunder and see a flash of
lightning. Describe two things that you would
do to stay safe during the storm.
What is (you only had to recall two!):
1) Avoid water because water conducts electricity.
2) Do not use your cordless phone.
3) Do not use electronic equipment at all (like t.v.’s,
computers, radios).
4) Stay away from windows and doors?
A category 3 hurricane is headed towards the
town of Nags Head on the North Carolina
coast. Describe the damage that may occur
with this type of storm.
What are:
1) branches are blown off trees; some are blown over
2) shrubs blown over and uprooted
3) small buildings sustain structural damage
4) small buildings and low-lying areas are flooded
5) mobile homes and signs are destroyed
6) some larger buildings also contain structural
damage?
List the two units of
measurement for temperature.
What are Fahrenheit and Celsius?
• In the United States, Fahrenheit is the unit
used to measure the surface temperature.
• For the most part, the rest of the world uses
Celsius to measure temperature.
• To convert Fahrenheit to Celsius, use the
following formula:
• C˚ = (F˚-32)/1.8
Wind speed is always measured in
__________.
What is KNOTS?
• 1 knot = 1.15 miles per hour (mph)
This kind of pressure system usually
means clear skies and cool
temperatures are on the way.
What is a high pressure system?
• Air pressure helps us determine what type
of weather to expect.
• The weather is always changing, and one
reason why is because of wind. The wind is
“always shifting, rising, falling and creating
areas of various pressure in the
atmosphere”.*
* http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-high-pressure-system.htm
Describe the weather conditions
that typically occur when a low
pressure system is present.
What is: warmer weather, storms
and rain?
Classify each of these pictures
based their cloud cover.
A
C
B
D
A. Clear (CLR)--no clouds or clouds cover less than 1/10 of
the sky
B. Scattered (SCT)--an average of 1/10 to 5/10 or up to one
half of the sky is covered with clouds
C. Broken (BKN)--5/10 to 9/10 of the sky is covered with
clouds
D. Overcast (OVC)--more than 9/10 of the sky is covered
with clouds
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/Esheet.cfm?DocID=69
References (not already noted)
• http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/fla
sh_watercycle.html
• http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycleruno
ff.html