Weather page
Essential Question #1: - How are the interactions between the earth, sun and the atmosphere used to produce
weather?
Essential Question #2: - How does weather and geographical features determine climate for an area?
Essential Question #3: - How does the earth’s crust change over time due to human influences?
**Weather Factors Vocabulary
Section 1 - electromagnetic waves, radiation, infrared radiation, ultraviolet radiation, scattering,
greenhouse effect
Section 2 - temperature, thermal energy, thermometer, heat, conduction, convection, convection
currents
Section 3 - wind, anemometer, wind-chill factor, local winds, sea breeze, land breeze, global winds,
Coriolis effect, latitude, jet stream
Section 4 - water cycle, evaporation, humidity, relative humidity, psychrometer, condensation,
dew point, cirrus, cumulus, stratus
Section 5 - precipitation, drought, cloud seeding, rain gauge
**Weather Patterns Vocabulary
Section 1 - air mass, tropical, polar, maritime, continental, front, occluded, cyclone, anticyclone
Section 2 - storm, thunderstorm, lightning, tornado, hurricane, storm surge, evacuate
Section 3 - meteorologist, isobar, isotherm
**Climate and Climate Change Vocabulary
Section 1 - climate, microclimate, tropical zone, polar zone, temperate zone, marine climate,
continental climate, windward, leeward, monsoon
Section 2 - rain forest, savanna, desert, steppe, humid subtropical, subarctic, tundra, permafrost
Section 3 - ice age, sunspot
Section 4 - El Ninos, La Nina, global warming, greenhouse gas, chloroflourocarbon
Essential Question #1: - How are the interactions between the earth, sun and the atmosphere used to produce
weather?
Essential Question #2: - How does weather and geographical features determine climate for an area?
Essential Question #3: - How does the earth’s crust change over time due to human influences?
**Weather Factors Vocabulary
Section 1 - electromagnetic waves, radiation, infrared radiation, ultraviolet radiation, scattering,
greenhouse effect
Section 2 - temperature, thermal energy, thermometer, heat, conduction, convection, convection
currents
Section 3 - wind, anemometer, wind-chill factor, local winds, sea breeze, land breeze, global winds,
Coriolis effect, latitude, jet stream
Section 4 - water cycle, evaporation, humidity, relative humidity, psychrometer, condensation,
dew point, cirrus, cumulus, stratus
Section 5 - precipitation, drought, cloud seeding, rain gauge
**Weather Patterns Vocabulary
Section 1 - air mass, tropical, polar, maritime, continental, front, occluded, cyclone, anticyclone
Section 2 - storm, thunderstorm, lightning, tornado, hurricane, storm surge, evacuate
Section 3 - meteorologist, isobar, isotherm
**Climate and Climate Change Vocabulary
Section 1 - climate, microclimate, tropical zone, polar zone, temperate zone, marine climate,
continental climate, windward, leeward, monsoon
Section 2 - rain forest, savanna, desert, steppe, humid subtropical, subarctic, tundra, permafrost
Section 3 - ice age, sunspot
Section 4 - El Ninos, La Nina, global warming, greenhouse gas, chloroflourocarbon