1. Ch. 16 Quiz
2. Ch. 17 Sec 2 ORg
3. Ch. 17 Lecture
Questions
1. What is the heat island effect? How does it lead to global climate change?
2. What is the region between 23.5° N and 23.5° S called? How was that region determined?
Agenda
1. Ch. 16 Quiz 2. Ch. 17 Sec 2 ORg 3. Ch. 17 Lecture Questions 1. What is the heat island effect? How does it lead to global climate change? 2. What is the region between 23.5° N and 23.5° S called? How was that region determined?
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1. Ch. 16 Mind Jogger 2. Ch. 17 Lecture 3. Ch. 17 Organizer Questions 1. Explain how two cities located at the same latitude ?can have different climates. 2. How is lightning created and how does thunder form. 3. What is the name of a scientist who studies weather? Agenda
1. Inversion Inquiry Lab 2. Ch. 16 Sec 2 Lecture If you’ve ever hiked up a mountain, you may have noticed that it is often cooler at higher elevations. Sometimes, however, the air at the top of a mountain is noticeably warmer than the air at the bottom. The warm air traps the colder surface air. Questions 1. How can you tell that there is not a lot of air movement in this picture? 2. What will happen when the Sun warms the lower air? 3. What would happen if there were pollutants near the ground? Agenda
1. Wrap up ch.16 Sec 1 2. Ch. 16 Sec 2 Lecture Questions 1. Why don't hurricanes form in Earth's polar regions? 2. Why does dew form on grass in the morning? Agenda
1. Ch. 16 Graphic Organizer 2. Start Ch. 16 Lecture Questions 1. When you read the term weather what do you think of? 2. What causes air to convect? 3. What determines what kind of precipitation will fall? Agenda
1. Collect Ch. 15 Org 2. Ch. 15 Sec 3 lect 3. Ch. 15 Mind Jogger Did you know that Mount Everest, the world’s highest point, is two meters higher than previously thought? Researchers on a 1999 expedition sponsored by the National Geographic Society used sophisticated satellite equipment to measure the peak’s height. They found the elevation to be 8,850 m (29,035 feet), instead of 8,848 m (29,028 feet)—a measurement that had been accepted since 1954. Questions 1. In general, what do you think conditions are like at the top of Mount Everest compared to the base? 2. What causes the plume coming off the summit of Mount Everest? 3. How do winds affect air travel? Agenda
1. Ch. 15 Sec 3 Organizer 2. Ch. 15 Sec 2 Lecture 3. Air Convection Demo Questions 1. State how the Sun transfers energy to the Earth. 2. What would happen to temperatures on Earth if the Sun's heat were not distributed throughout the atmosphere? 3. Earth is about 150 million km from the Sun. The radiation coming from the Sun travels at 300,000 km/s. How long does it take for radiation from the Sun to reach Earth? Agenda
1. Finish Ch. 15 Sec 1 2. Ch. 15 Sec 3 Org 3. Ch. 15 Sec 2 Questions 1. What is the chemical formula for ozone? 2. What is the name of the outermost least dense layer of the atmosphere? 3. Where does most of Earth's energy come from? Agenda
1. Natural purification of water 2. Ch. 15 Sec 1 Questions 1. How did oxygen come to make up 21 percent of Earth's present atmosphere? 2. State some effects of a thinning ozone layer. 3. Which layer of the atmosphere contains all weather? |
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