F - Weather & Climate
Weather patterns can change from season to season as well as periodically during specific times such as El Niño. Climate patterns have been established after long-term observations.The use of fossil fuels and other human influenced factors have caused changes to the climate of on our planet. Some specific changes that humans can do will help to lessen the overall change to the planet's ecosystems and sea-level rise.
What questions should you be able to answer by the end of this unit?
What factors cause change in our climate?
In what ways can we describe weather that is different than climate?
How might human behavior be changed to limit the impact of climate change?
Textbook Pages
This chapter covers the properties, significance, and layers of the Earth’s atmosphere, how energy transfers within our atmosphere, and movement of air throughout our atmosphere and over the Earth’s surface.
This chapter considers various factors of weather, cloud types, movement of air masses, and the development of different types of storms. Discussion concludes with weather forecasting using various tools, maps, and models.
The chapter considers how the different factors of Earth's dynamic surface affect climate, the different climates found worldwide, and the causes and impacts of climate change.