Weather Lecture

Multiple Choice

Where does all energy on earth come from?

• The Sun

• The Core

• The atmosphere

• The Ground

Poll

What do you think absorbs heat faster?

• Land

• Water

Categorize

Options (3)

Heat Energy from the Sun

Heat transferring through a metal pole

Hot water going up cold water going down

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Convection

Conduction

Radiation

Drag and Drop

Wind flows from ​

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to ​

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Pressure. This is due to the ​

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temperature of the earth's surface. The earth is heated and cooled through:

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from the sun.

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which is the upward movement of warm air and sinking of cold air.Conduction or the direct transfer of heat from the ground to the air.

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High

Low

uneven

Radiation

Convection

conduction

consistent

wet

Dry

Draw

Draw a graph showing how surface winds work.

Open Ended

Explain how the earth receives different amounts of sunlight.

Draw

Draw the direction of wind in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.

Multiple Choice

Where is the warmest part of the earth.

• Equator

• Prime meridian

• North Pole

• South Pole

Drag and Drop

Air flows ​​ away from the poles towards the equator because the air is ​

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. Air flows away from the equator towards the poles because it is ​

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. It is does not flow directly North or South because of the ​

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. ​

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cold and dense

hot and less dense

Coriolis Effect

Wet and cold

Dry and Hot

Circular Effect

Draw

Draw the wind direction and label them. TW, Westerlies, PE.

Multiple Choice

The Jetstream is

• The boundary between warm and cold air masses.

• The slow moving mass of air that rests of continents.

• The large amount of water that flows from the westside to eastside of the atlantic.

• The west blowing winds that move boats across the atlantic.

Labelling

Match the labels to the correct part of the map.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Land Breeze

Sea Breeze

Low Pressure (sea)

Low Pressure (land)

High Pressure (sea)

High Pressure (land)

Draw

Circle areas of similar temperatures. They can vary by a few degrees.

Multiple Select

Which of these are characteristics that define air masses?

• Temperature

• Moisture

• Size

• Location

Draw

Draw a line graph showing what happens to a cold air mass as it moves closer to the equator.

Dropdown

Warm Front-

As the warmer, ​

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air rises, it ​

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This produces clouds and frequent precipitation

Warm fronts move slowly, so the precipitation is ​

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over a large area for a ​

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period of time

Often followed by ​

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weather.

Multiple Select

Cold Fronts are usually:

• Fast

• Stormy

• Slow

• Bring Sunny Weather

• Create Large Clouds

Draw

A warm air mass is moving North from the South.

A Cold Air Mass is moving from the Northwest.

It has been raining in Arkansas for 2 weeks.

West Texas had a Major Storm Last night and now it is Colder.

Kentucky had light rain for 2 days.

Using the information above draw symbols on the map.

Categorize

Options (16)

Temperatures Drop

Violent storms

Pass quickly

Cold air mass moves into an area that used to be a warm air mass.

Temperatures increase

Light rain for a few days

Slow moving

Warm air mass overtakes cold air mass

Cold air front and warm air front not moving.

Rain for long periods of time. Often weeks

Cold front "chases" or pushes warm front in front.

Unpredictable weather patterns

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Cold Front

Warm Front

Stationary Front

Occluded Front