Transcript Climate

3/16 WHOT Teaching
Point:
 Objective: To compare light intensity from the
sun at various degrees.
 Responsibilities: Finish lab analysis by the end
of class. (vocab Quiz Friday!!!)
 (Season Project Due Before class!)
Warm-up
 The reason that the Earth has 4 seasons is
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 Explain.
 Latitude – A unit of distance that measures North and south of
the Equator
 Longitude – A unit of distance that measures from East to West
from the Prime Meridian
Latitude – How we measure it.
 How do we measure latitude and longitude?
 degrees.
 Draw a picture of how we measure latitude with degrees.
 Latitude
 Longitude
 Distance north or south
 Distance east or west from
from the Equator.
 Equator is 0°.
 Poles are 90° degrees.
 Seattle is at approximately
47° north.
the Prime Meridian (which
runs through Greenwich,
England)
 Prime Meridian is 0°.
 International date line is at
180°
 Seattle is at approximately
122° west.
 Use your data and the idea of solar radiation to explain
why…
 We have a warm equator and cold polar regions
 Seasons.
WHOT Q
 Describe your results.
3/17 WHOT Teaching
Point:
 Objective: To determine the two primary
factors that affect how much insolation Earth
gets.
 Responsibilities: Finish Latitude Graph.
Questions Due Thursday.
 vocab Quiz Friday!!!
Insolation Reading
 Same light, more space
to cover.
A. Equator
B. 60° N
Insolation Reading
 Electromagnetic Radiation
travels 93 million miles from
the sun to the earth
 Insolation –
 Incoming
 Solar
 Radiation
 Insolation Gets to earth as
visible light and infrared.
 2 reasons we have less solar
radiation at the poles:
 Tilt (surface area)
 Energy is absorbed by
atmosphere
• Energy is transported
from the equator to the
poles by:
• Convection
• Conduction
• evaporation
Latitude VS Temperature.
1. Answer quesitons on
front.
Temperature (C)
2. Graph each city.
3. Find Range
4. Answer Questions
In your journal.
Temperature of a Place
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WHOT Q
 How does the latitude of
a location effect its
climate?
3/18 WHOT Teaching
Point:
 Objective: To differentiate between weather
and climate.
 Responsibilities: Latitude Graph due Thursday.
 vocab Quiz Friday!!!
Warm up: (journals)
 How would you describe our “climate” here at Hazen
High School?
Statements
 Add your statement to the side of the whiteboard you
think it belongs.
Definitions:
 Weather:
 is the day-to-day state of
the atmosphere, and its
short-term variation in
minutes to weeks.
 Climate:
 is the weather of a place
averaged over a period
of time
Climate is what you expect,
weather is what you get.
Climate is what we expect,
Weather is what we get.
 Create a T-chart of the top half of the page.
 Left column “Weather”
 Right column “Climate”
 Copy Down 3 Statements from each.
Weather VS Climate
 Fall here tends to be dry and
 I will need a warm jacket for the
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cool
The temperature is currently 3°C
Our warmest month is August
We average 200 inches of snow
each winter .
There is a hurricane affecting
the Gulf Coast.
The nighttime low for
Wednesday is expected to be 5°C
The fog makes driving difficult
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winter.
I need to wear a sweater and
long pants today.
The leaves are turning colors
and falling off the trees earlier
this year because the days and
nights are cooler than normal.
The average temperature in the
spring is around 60°C
The wind is blowing.
 NDT Climate VS
 CvW Cartoon
Weather Cosmos
 https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=cBdxDFpDp
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 https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=VHgyOa70
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Moscow
D.C.
Calcutta
Singapore
 1. Describe the trend of
annual temperature as
you increase latitude…
 2. Describe what
happens to the range of
temperatures as your
increase your latitude.
WHOT Q
 Weather VS Climate
3/19 WHOT Teaching
Point:
 Objective: Compare the temperatures of inland
cities to coastal cities.
 Responsibilities: vocab Quiz Friday!!!
 3/19 Warm-up
 What are two
reasons that the
equator is warm
and the poles are
cold?
 1. The equator receives
more direct sunlight.
 2. There is less
atmosphere for the
sun’s radiation to go
through.
Global Monthly Temperatures
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Singapore, Calcutta, Washington, Moscow,
Malaya India 23°N D.C. 39°N
U.S.S.R.
1°N 104°E
88°E
77°E
56°N 37°E
Temperature (C)
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Singapore, Malaya 1°N
104°E
Calcutta, India 23°N 88°E
Washington, D.C. 39°N
77°E
Moscow, U.S.S.R. 56°N
37°E
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Annual Mean
Range
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 Graph the annual
temperature of your two
cities on a piece of graph
paper in your science
journal (just like you did
for latitude.)
 Make sure to:
 Label your graphs
appropriately (title, axis
titles, key, etc)
 Answer the following
questions in your
journal. USE
COMPLETE
SENTENCES.
 1. What is the difference
between your two cities?
 Which city has a higher
temperature?
 The lowest?
 Which has a higher
range?
 2. They are both in very
similar latitudes. Why
do you think there is
such a large difference
between the two?
 Find a partner with
 5. Is there a pattern
different cities. Write
down your new cities.
 3. Which of their cities
had higher temperature
and range?
 4. Where were they
located?
between the
temperatures between
your pair of cities and
your partners cities even
though they were in
different locations?
 Come up with an
explanation why!
 The city inland has more
extreme temperatures
 Water makes climate
more mild.
 Water takes a very long
time to heat or cool
Think of the ocean like a
rechargeable climate battery
 In the summer the ocean
 January temp is 45
stores energy…
 In winter it releases it.
 July temp is 53
 The energy stored in the
 Places by the ocean will
have cooler summers
and warmer winters.
ocean regulates climate
to make it less extreme
WHOT Q
 water & climate.
Specific Heat
 Water takes 4.18 (energy
units) to fill up one
battery bar.
 Land takes .84 to fill up
the same bar.
Celebration of Knowledge: Seasons Quiz
Match the definitions with the appropriate words, then turn to finish the other side of the quiz.
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2.
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4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
__F__Seasons
__A__Latitude
__D__Longitude
__E_ Rotation
__C__Orbit
__G__Revolution
__B__Solstice
__H__Insolation
Use these Definitions for 1-8
A.
A unit of measurement that measures the distance North of South of the equator.
B.
The longest and shortest days of the year.
C.
The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon.
D.
A unit of measurement that measures the distance east and west of the Prime Meridian
E.
Spinning around a central axis.
F.
Subdivision of a year. We have 4: spring, summer, autumn, winter.
G.
The period of time it takes for an object in space to completely travel the path of its orbit.
H.
The amount of incoming solar radiation, or amount of sunlight that is received.
9. __J__Summer Solstice
10. __K__Solar System
11. __L__Equinox
12. __M__Vernal Equinox
13. __N__Autumnal Equinox
14. __P__Weather
15. __O__Climate
16.__I__Winter Solstice
Use these Definitions for 9-16
I.
J.
K.
L.
M.
N.
O.
P.
The first day of winter
For the Northern Hemisphere: When the tilt of the Earth is directly facing the sun.
A star and all of the planets and objects that orbit it.
The first day of spring and fall when the day is the same length as the night.
The day is just as long as the night in the spring.
The first day of autumn.
The weather of a place averaged over a period of time
The day-to-day state of the atmosphere, and its short-term variation in minutes to weeks.