Weather

Monday, March 19th

Weather and Climate
1. What do you predict the weather conditions will be next Tuesday? (what will be the high and low temperatures, how much will it rain or snow, will it be sunny or cloudy?)

2. What do you predict will be the range of daytime temperatures for mid-January? Will there be a little bit of snow, some snow or a lot of snow? What do you predict for mid-July?



Weather describes the conditions outside on a particular day such as:
 * Which of your predications is more likely to be accurate? Why do you think so?**
 * Describing the weather**
 * temperature
 * precipitation
 * cloud cover (sunny or cloudy, fog or mist)
 * relative humidity (amount of water in the air compared to maximum)
 * atmospheric pressure
 * wind speed and direction

Meteorologists gather information on weather around the world and use this informationt o forecast the weather for specific areas. Methods for collecting data include:
 * Predicting the weather**
 * weather stations (includes thermometer, rain gauge, anemometer, barometer, etc)
 * weather balloons
 * satellites
 * aircraft

Climate is the usual pattern of weather in a region over a long period of time.
 * Climate**

To determine the climate of a region, climatologists collect weather measurements made over 30 years or more and average the results. The climate of a region gives a range of temperatures that you might expect at a certain time of year.
 * Factors affecting climate:**
 * latitude (distance from the equator)
 * presence of large bodies of water
 * presence of ocean and wind currents
 * land formations
 * altitude (height above sea level)


 * What is the difference between weather and climate?**

Tuesday, March 20th
 * Weather describes the atmospheric conditions over a short period of time - an hour, a day or even a week.**
 * Climate describes the typical weather you can expect in a region based on weather data gathered over many years.**

Wednesday, March 21st

Thursday, March 22nd Chemistry Review

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Wednesday, March 28th

Thursday, March 29th Work on chemistry unit assignment

Friday, March 30th Tree-ring assignment (I wasn't in class)

Monday, April 2nd Attempt #2 Tree-ring assignment Review Acids and Bases for quiz this Thursday

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Wednesday, April 4th An Inconvenient Truth, Part II

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