Water and Weather Interactive Study Guide Click on the blue arrows to move from page to page

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Water and WeatherInteractive Study
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• Types of Clouds

• cirrus
• stratuscumulus

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Cirrus Clouds

• Click on True or False to answer the question
• Cirrus Clouds are high level clouds. They are
  wispy and feathery.
• TRUE FALSE

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Stratus clouds

• Stratus clouds are
• A. thin grey clouds
• B. big puffy white clouds
• C. high level clouds

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Cumulus Clouds

• True or False?
• Cumulus clouds usually mean bad weather. They are
  flat and gray.
• TRUE FALSE

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Sorry!

• This is FALSE.
• Cumulous clouds are puffy white clouds. They
  usually mean fair weather.

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What is the atmosphere?

• Air surrounds us. Air is made up of a mixture of
  different gases.
• Air is mostly nitrogen and oxygen.

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Our atmosphere is mostly made up of which gas?

• A. carbon dioxide
• B. nitrogen
• C. oxygen

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• Oxygen only makes up about 21 of the gas in our
  atmosphere!
• Which gas makes up the most of our atmosphere?
• Try again!

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• Our atmosphere is only made up of about 1 carbon
  dioxide, water vapor, and other gases.
• Try again!

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Yes!

• Nitrogen makes up about 78 of our Earths
  atmosphere!
• Animals and plants dont just need oxygen, they
  need nitrogen too!

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Take a look at Earths
Atmosphere!

• Start at any layer you like.
• Click on the title to the right. ?
• When you have finished all 4 layers,
• Click on the Earth to continue!
• 80km-700km Thermosphere
• 48km-80km Mesosphere
• 18km-48km Stratosphere
• 0km-18km Troposphere

thermosphere
mesosphere
stratosphere
troposphere
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Troposphere

• This layer is closest to Earth
• It is between 5 and 7 miles thick
• This layer is where weather forms.
• All life exists here.

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Stratosphere

• There is no weather here!
• Temperatures slowly warm
• from -50 degrees Celcius ( Brrrrr! )
• to nearly 0 degrees Celcius.

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Mesosphere

• Temperatures change and now become colder here.
• They can reach -90C (-130F) !

Brrrrrrr! That's freezing!
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Thermosphere

• This is the layer furthest from Earth.
• Air particles are very far apart.
• The higher up you go, temperatures begin to rise
  as you get closer and closer to the sun!

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Test your knowledge!

• This layer is closest to Earth. Weather is formed
  here.
• Thermosphere
• Mesosphere
• Stratosphere
• Troposphere

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Thats right!

• Now lets try another one
• This layer is the layer furthest from Earth. The
  air particles are very far apart, but
  temperatures rise the higher and higher you go
• Mesosphere
• Tranosphere
• Thermosphere

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• Sorry, try again!

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Moving on

• Lets talk about some properties of weather!
• Air temperature
• Humidity
• Air pressure
• Wind

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Air Temperature

• We measure air temperature with a thermometer.

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Humidity

• A hygrometer ( hi-grahm-i-tuhr) measures humidity
  by determining how quickly water evaporates from
  a wet surface.

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Air Pressure

• A barometer measures air pressure.
• Air pressure is the force of air pushing on an
  area.
• It has two needles, one to track the change in
  air pressure and the other to read the air
  pressure.

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Wind

• Wind speed is measured with an anemometer.
• Wind direction is measured with a weather vane.

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Which instrument?
Which of these is an anemometer?
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Great Job!

• Next question.Which of these is a barometer?

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Nope! That wasnt a barometer

• Try again

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You got it!

• Now lets talk about Weather and Climate
• True or False?
• An air mass is a large area of air with nearly
  the same temperature and moisture.
• TRUE FALSE

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Amazing!

• Heres another
• When a huge air mass of cold, dry air and a huge
  air mass of warm, moist air meet it is called a
  ___________.
• A. air mass
• B. front
• C. collision

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Impressive! ?

• When a warm air mass pushes into a cold air mass,
  a __________ front results.
• Cold
• Warm
• Stationary

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Youve got it!

• Since the warm air mass is pushing on the cold
  air mass, it is called a warm front.
• Air in a warm front moves slowly.
• What would a cold air mass pushing on a warm air
  mass be called?
• Cold front
• Warm front
• Hot front

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Excellent!

• Thats right!
• The cold front also travels underneath the warm
  air, causing the warm air to move upward.
• The cold air moves very quickly, which causes
  violent weather, like a thunderstorm.
• Storms in a cold front pass quickly.
• Heres another one
• What do you think a stationary front is?
• A cold and warm front moving together
• A front that doesnt move

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Think about the word station

• The word station is a part of the word
  stationary.
• If you are stationed somewhere or if you are in a
  train station, you are in a specific place.
• This place does not moveTry Again o)

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Incredible!

• Thats right!
• A stationary front does not move. It is a
  boundary between two air masses.
• A warm or cold front may become a stationary
  front!

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Youre done!

• Congratulations! You have completed this
  interactive review game!
• For more practice, you can access this game from
  home on our Craig Webpage.

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Oops!

• An air mass is a large area of air. It does in
  fact have the same or similar temperature and
  moisture.

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The following sources were used to create this
interactive review game

• http//www.cityofportsmouth.com/School/dondero/msm
  /weather/index.html
• McGraw-Hill Science Unit C and D textbook