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Unit 5: Atmosphere
Notes:
Climate
Atmosphere
Weather
Clouds
Air Masses / Fronts
Pressure Systems
Station Models
Severe Weather
Weather Forecasting
Activities:
Climate Graphic Organizer
Atmosphere Graphing WS
Clouds WS & Observations
Fronts/Air Masses WS
Meteorology WS
Station Model WS
Hurricane & Tornado Videos
Weather Forecasting WS
Weather Forecasting WebQuest
Objectives:
1. For each of the 5 climate zones, state where the zone is and why it is located there.
2. Describe how latitude, elevation, proximity to water, Orographic effect, & ocean currents each affects climate.
3. Explain differential heating of Earth. (water temp vs. land temp)
4. List which major gases the atmosphere is made of.
5. List and briefly describe the 5 layers of our atmosphere.
6. Describe how temperature influences air pressure and air density.
7. Describe how temperature impacts the dew point.
8. Explain how clouds are formed. Describe how they are classified.
9. List the five air mass classification and where they came from.
10. Draw and label a cold front. What kind of weather occurs at a cold front?
11. Draw and label a warm front. What kind of weather occurs at a warm front?
12. Draw and label a high pressure system. What type of weather occurs at a high pressure system?
13. Draw and label a low pressure system. What type of weather occurs at a low pressure system?
14. Draw a station model indicating the following conditions: 100% cloud cover, Temperature: 78°F, dew point: 74°F, air
pressure: 1003.6 mb, wind NE at 20 knots, visibility 1/2 mile, light rain falling.
15. Describe the differences between lighting and thunder.
16. Describe the following types of severe weather: hurricanes and tornadoes.
17. Describe the Doppler Effect and explain why it is important in weather forecasting.
Vocabulary:
1. Climate
2. Köppen classification
3. Specific heat
4. Differential heating
5. Orographic effect
6. Atmosphere
7. Troposphere
8. Mesosphere
9. Jet stream
10. Stratosphere
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Thermosphere
Exosphere
Weather
Meteorology
Temperature
Air pressure
Wind
Humidity
Dew point
Cloud
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Air mass
Front
Pressure system
Station model
Thunder
Lightning
Tornado
Hurricane
Doppler effect
Isopleths
Additional Vocabulary:
1. Temperate zone
2. Tropical zone
3. Polar zone
4. Mild zone
5. Continental zone
6. Sea breeze
7. Aurora
8. Lapse rate
9. Temperature inversion
10. Thermometer
11. Barometer
12. Anemometer
13. Relative humidity
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Hygrometer
Dew
Frost
Buoyancy
Condensation nuclei
Coalescence
Continental air mass
Maritime air mass
Cold front
Warm front
Stationary front
Occluded front
High pressure system
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Low pressure system
Watch
Warning
Funnel cloud
Fujita intensity scale
Tropical storm
Tropical depression
Saffir-Simpson scale
Storm surge
Isobars
Isotherms
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