Here's some of what we will be studying:
- What makes up the atmosphere and how air pressure and temperature change in the different layers?
- How solar energy hits the earth and how the tilt of the earth makes a difference.
- Explaining how air pressure and wind are related
- What is humidity?
- The types of fronts and how they cause weather change
- The types of tools used to observe, measure, and predict the weather
Key Vocabulary:
atmosphere, air pressure, troposhpere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermoshpere, radiation, thermal convection, convection, global warming, greenhouse effect, wind, Coriolis effect, trade winds, jet stream, air pressure, air mass, weather, humidity, relative humidity, condensation, cloud, precipitation, front, cyclone, anticyclone, thunderstorm, lightning, thunder, tornado, hurricane, thermometer, barometer, anemometer
