Weather - Climate Web Quest PKT
Weather - Climate Web Quest PKT
Weather - Climate Web Quest PKT
Weather WebQuest
The Atmosphere
Go to: https://www.ducksters.com/science/atmosphere.php
The earth is surrounded by a _______________________
Layer of gases called the ________________.
atmosphere The
atmosphere is very _________________________
important to life on ________________
earth and does many
______________________
things to help protect life and help _____________________
earth to survive.
The atmosphere absorbs the ______________
heat from the _________________
sun and keeps the heat
________________
inside the atmosphere helping the _______________________
earth to stay warm, called the
greenhouse
___________________ Effect.
What gases make up the atmosphere? (Give the percentages!) __________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
The atmosphere mostly made up of Nitrogen (78%) and Oxygen (21%)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
The 5 main layers of the atmosphere are Exosphere,
What are the five main layers of the atmosphere? ________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere and Troposphere.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Exosphere is closest to space
Which layer is closest to space? __________________________________________________________
Which layer is the hottest layer? __________________________________________________________
The Thermosphere is the hottest layer
TERM:_______________________
Atmosphere
New information:
The densest part of the atmosphere only extends to about 20km above the ground.
TERM:_______________________
Sun
New information:
the suns temperature ranges from 5,973°C to 15,000,000°C.
TERM:_______________________
clouds
New information:
thunderstorm clouds could be green and no one knows why.
What occurs when a gas is changed into a liquid? condensation occurs when a gas is changed to a liquid.
_____________________________________________
What is the water that runs off the surface of the land and flows downhill into streams, rivers, ponds
Run off is when water from the surface land flows into bodies of water.
and lakes called? ____________________________________________________________________________
Evaporation through plant leave is transpiration.
What is the process of evaporation through plant leaves called? _______________________________
What is the opposite of evaporation? _________________________________________________________
the opposite of evaporation is condensation.
Fronts
Go to: http://www.phschool.com/atschool/phsciexp/active_art/weather_fronts/
Click on each type of front and read the description and watch the simulation.
Fronts (continued)
When do cold fronts occur? (read the description at the top for cold front) _________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Draw a stationary front below. Draw a warm front below.
________________________________________________________________________________________________
ahead of the warm air front.
Go to: https://eo.ucar.edu/kids/sky/air5.htm
A ______________________
warm front is a warm-cold air ______________________
mixed with the colder air replacing
the warmer. As a cold front moves into an area, the ___________________ cool air pushes under the
lighter troposphere
__________________ warm air that it is ____________________________.
blue
What color is represented on a weather map for cold? _____________________ Draw what it might look
like on the map:
A _________________
cold front is the boundary between _______________
2 air masses and cool (or cold) air when the
warm _____________
air is replacing the cold air. _______________
warm air at the surface ______________
area above
other warm rain
the ______________ air mass, making __________________ and storms.
What color is represented on a weather map for warm? _____________________
red Draw what it might
look like on the map:
Winds/Climate
Go to: http://www.eschooltoday.com/winds/types-of-winds.html
Local Winds:
_________________
local winds are those that are _______________ as a result of _______________ such as
mountains, _________________, water ________________ and so on. They usually _________________ very
often and the ___________________ forecast people talk about this _________________ on the TV every
day. They can move from __________________ to extreme _________________ in just hours. Good
examples of __________________ winds are sea ________________ and land ______________________, and
mountain and valley breezes. Local _________________ cover very short distances.
Winds/Climate (continued)
Global Winds:
_____________________
global winds are really ____________________ air masses that are _________________
mainly as a ___________________ of the earth’s rotation, the _________________ of the Earth and the
Sun’s ___________________ power.
Label the circle below with the winds, latitude degrees, and arrows.
Weather Maps
Go to http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-forecasting.htm
Weather _______________________
symbols are used on my _____________________
weather maps as shorthand for the
____________________
conditions at weather observing _________________________.
stations
Label the following blanks:
Sea-level pressure
___________________
Temperature
___________________
Sky cover
___________________
Dew point
___________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Draw what a cold front would look like below… what color would it be? _________________________
it would be blue.
Draw what a warm front would look like below… what color would it be? _______________________
Greenhouse Effect
Go to: https://climatekids.nasa.gov/greenhouse-effect/
How is a greenhouse warmed? (even during the winter months!) ________________________________
During the day, sunlight shines into the
__________________________________________________.
greenhouse and warms the plants and air inside. Gases in the ______________________
atmosphere such as
carbon _____________________
dioxide do what the ___________________
glass roof of a ____________________
green house does.
During the ____________________,
day the ______________
sun shines through the atmosphere. Earth’s
___________________
surface warms up in the sunlight. At __________________
night Earth’s ________________
surface cools,
releasing the ___________________
heat back into the air. But _______________
some of the heat is ________________
trapped
by the greenhouse gases in the ______________________.
atmosphere That’s what keeps our Earth a
__________________________
warm and cozy ______________
58 degrees Fahrenheit, on __________.
average.
(Not on the website you are looking at but it’s in your head from what we previously learned!) The
Sun’s rays heating Earth is radiation, so what is the way in which heat travels in liquids and gases
allowing warm particles to expand/become lighter and rise and cool particles to contract/become
Convention.
heavier and sink causing circulation of heat energy? ____________________________________
Spend some time exploring all the websites and write any questions, thoughts or interesting things you
learned below. Hope you enjoyed this and learned a lot!