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Weather - Climate Edited
Weather - Climate Edited
1.What is climate?
transpiration
Parts of the Cycle
Condensation—Water going from a gas to a
liquid (cools or loses energy)
When this happens in the atmosphere,
CLOUDS form.
Clouds by Brainpop
Parts of the Cycle
Precipitation—when water falls out of
the atmosphere. Forms when the water
droplets in clouds become too heavy to
stay up.
Precipitation
Liquid water = rain
Rain Clip
2) What is “collection”?
Exosphere
Thermosphere
Ionosphere
Mesosphere
Ozone layer
Stratosphere
Troposphere
DO NOW FRIDAY
1. Explain the difference between weather and
climate.
2. What is one way the Sun affects weather and
climate?
TODAY’S PLAN
• To explain factors that affect the Earth’s
weather and climate.
TODAY’S DO
• We will discuss things that affect the Earth’s
weather and climate and watch some short
videos during the discussion.
• We will practice reading a weather map.
Atmosphere: Air Masses
= body of air with a
certain temperature and
moisture level
Can be warm or cold
Can contain a lot of
moisture or not a lot of
moisture
Fronts
= places where
air masses meet
4 Types: Warm,
Cold, Occluded,
Stationary
Each kind can
bring different
kinds of weather
Thunderstorms ahead of this front: Severe weather:
then weather will become cold Then weather will become
warm and humid
Occluded Front: Stationary Front:
Equator
0°
Tropic of Capricorn
23.5° S
Antarctic Circle
66.5° S
Polar
Temperate
Tropics
Tropics
Temperate
Polar
Climate Zones
Tropics (warmest because most direct sun
rays hit here)
Most solar radiation, generally warm
Between Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer
Temperate (warm summers and cold
winters)
Between 23.5 and 66.5 North and South
Mild temperatures
Polar (coldest because receives least direct
sun rays)
66.5 North and South to the Poles
Cold Temperatures
How Do Living Things Affect
Weather and Climate?
Trees and other plants can actually help keep climates
cooler by providing shade and using carbon dioxide gas
from the atmosphere.
Since carbon dioxide gas is a greenhouse gas that
traps heat near the surface of the Earth, when trees,
algae, and other plants remove it from our atmosphere,
they are helping to keep our planet cooler.
How Do Living Things Affect
Weather and Climate?
Farm animals, microbes, and humans produce
lots of methane and carbon dioxide, both of
which are greenhouse gases.
Thus, many living things, mainly humans, are
causing climates across the globe to grow
warmer.
Climate Change
Long-Term Climatic Change
Climates change over extremely long
periods of time
Examples:
Seasons
El Nino (Warm
ocean current)