April 15, 2024 Classwork

ATMOSPHERIC MOTION

SC.6.E.7.5 Explain how energy provided by the Sun influences global patterns of
atmospheric movement and the temperature differences between air, water, and land.

Essential Question: How does energy
move predictably between land, water and
the air above it?

Please click on the link below, use your dictionary or

the lesson glossary to look for the meaning of words as

you go through the lesson.

Multilingual Glossaries for Middle School Science

Lesson Glossary - Key Vocabulary Terms

English

Spanish

Haitian Creole

Portuguese

conduction

conducción

kondiksyon

condução

convection

convección

konveksyon

convecção

land breeze

brisa de tierra

briz peyi a

Brisa da terra

radiation

radiación

radyasyon

radiação

sea breeze

brisa marina

briz lanmè

Brisa do mar

specific heat

calor especifico

chalè espesifik

calor específico

Multiple Choice

Bellringer

On a summer day, Thomas is standing in his driveway waiting for his mother. Energy from the Sun is making Thomas feel hot. This energy is being transmitted by three different methods.
Which of the following is an example of convection?

• Energy streaming through space toward Thomas

•  Heat being transferred from air particles to the asphalt

• Heat moving through Thomas’s clothes to warm his skin

• Warm air rising from just above the asphalt to reach the level of Thomas’s face

I DO GUIDED NOTES

RADIATION

▪ Radiation: Electromagnetic

Waves from the Sun travel
through our atmosphere and hit
the surface (land, water)

CONDUCTION

CONDUCTION: The transfer
of heat energy by two or
more objects in contact with each other.
▪The hot land warms the air it touches above it
▪The warm water warms the air it touches above it.

CONVECTION

Convection: The transfer of energy through the movement of

hot or cool fluids (air and water).

▪Hot air rises - it is less dense - the molecules are further apart - low pressure.

▪Cool air sinks - it is more dense - the molecules are closer together - high pressure.

▪Differences in temperature and air
pressure cause wind - air moves from
high pressure to low pressure.

Categorize

Options (6)

Organize these options into the right categories

Conduction

Convection

Radiation

SEA BREEZE

▪During the day, the land is HOTTER than the ocean.

▪A breeze moves from the cool air over water (HIGH pressure) to the warm air over land (LOW pressure).

LAND BREEZE

▪At night, the ocean is WARMER than the land.
▪A breeze moves from the cool air over land (HIGH pressure) to the warm air over the ocean (LOW pressure).

Categorize

Options (6)

Cool air

Cool air comes from the land to the ocean.

Warm air goes to the ocean.

Warm air goes to land.

Organize these options into the right categories

Sea Breeze

Land Breeze

SPECIFIC HEAT

▪How quickly a substance absorbs and gives off heat.

▪Land absorbs/releases heat very quickly.

▪Water absorbs/releases heat very slowly.

WE DO COLLABORATIVE
ACTIVITY

Multiple Choice

Hot air rising off of a very hot blacktop.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Multiple Choice

Waves being absorbed by a black shirt.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Multiple Choice

Warmer and cooler water mixing where a river and ocean meet.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Multiple Choice

 Hot sand heating the cooler sand beneath it.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Dropdown

Areas near the equator typically get more radiation energy (heat) than areas near the poles.
What is causing the Earth to be heated so unevenly?

Select answer

the Earth's axis and the ​

Select answer

of the Earth's surface.

Multiple Choice

What type of pressure is found where air is hot?

• Low pressure

• High pressure

Multiple Choice

What type of pressure is found where air is cool?

• Low pressure

• High pressure

Dropdown

Wind moves from areas of ​​

Select answer

pressure to areas of ​

Select answer

pressure. 

Labelling

Label the correct options on the diagram.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Hot air is rising

cool air is sinking

the direction wind is moving

Open Ended

Energy moves predictably between land, water and the air above it by ____________________________________.