Unit 4-Weather Worksheet 2

1. (a) What factors should you include in a description of weather?

(b) Describe today’s weather in your area using as much detail as you can. K/U T/I

2. What is the difference between weather and climate? K/U

3. Explain how the ocean interacts with the Sun’s radiation. K/U

4. (a) Describe what happens to the Sun’s energy once it reaches Earth.

(b) Describe what happens to the energy Earth emits. K/U

5. a) List the four main components of the climate system on Earth. K/U

6. Name the different layers of the atmosphere from lowest to highest altitude. K/U

7. Explain why the greenhouse effect is important to life on Earth. K/U

8. Describe how the greenhouse effect in the atmosphere works and draw a diagram illustrating it. K/U C

9. (a) Write a definition, in your own words, of “greenhouse gas.”

(b) Name the two most important greenhouse gases that occur naturally in the atmosphere. K/U

10. List two factors that affect how important a particular greenhouse gas is in contributing to the
greenhouse effect.

11. Draw a diagram to show the movement of cold and warm air in the atmosphere around the equator.
K/U C

12. (a) How do scientists know what Earth’s climate was like over the past 200 years?

(b) How do scientists know what Earth’s climate was like thousands of years in the past?

(c) How do scientists know that these records of Earth’s climate thousands of years ago are accurate?
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