BODY OF KNOWLEDGE: E: Earth/Space Science N: Nature of Science – TOPIC XI: Weather and Climate ESSENTIAL CONTENT Questions you can ask your child: Weather What is weather? 1. Air Temperature Sample answer: the that happen each day in our including temperature, rainfall, wind, air 2. Wind pressure, and humidity. 3. Air Pressure 4. Humidity to the weather factors such as air temperature, wind, humidity, Describe today’s weather as it applies 5. Precipitation and precipitation. a. rain b. snow Answer will vary see newspaper, weather forecast on news, Internet, etc. – c. sleet d. hail 6. Clouds Name some weather instruments and what each measures. a. cirrus Sample Answer: See letter C under Essential Content column. b. cumulus c. stratus What are basic cloud types and give a brief description for each. d. cumulonimbus Sample answer B. Severe Weather clouds Cumulus: fair weather” fluffy, white cotton ball 1. Thunderstorms Cirrus: ice clouds Stratus: thin, white clouds that can cover the whole sky producing 2. Tornadoes little precipitation 3. Hurricanes Cumulonimbus: thunderstorm clouds 4. Blizzards C. Weather Instruments What are the 3 main climate zones? 1. Barometers air pressure – Sample Answer: See letter D under Essential Content column Polar, Tropical, Temperate. – 2. Anemometers wind speed – 3. Rain gauges rain fall – What are the conditions of each climate zone? 4. Hygrometer - humidity Sample answer: 5. Thermometer– temperature Polar: very cold and dry all year D. Climate Zones (Temperature and Temperate: mild to cold winters and mild to dry hot summers precipitation related to landforms) Tropical: hot and wet all year 1. Polar 2. Tropical What are landform factors that affect climate zones? 3. Temperate Sample answer: See letter E under Essential Content column latitude, elevation, nearness to – E. Landforms Affect Climate bodies of water. 1. Latitude 2. Elevation 3. Nearness to bodies of water
BODY OF KNOWLEDGE: E: Earth/Space Science – N: Nature of Science TOPIC XI: Weather and Climate ESSENTIAL CONTENT Questions you can ask your child: Weather 1. Air Temperature 2. Wind 3. Air Pressure 4. Humidity 5. Precipitation a. rain b. snow c. sleet d. hail 6. Clouds a. cirrus b. cumulus c. stratus d. cumulonimbus B. Severe Weather 1. Thunderstorms 2. Tornadoes 3. Hurricanes 4. Blizzards C. Weather Instruments 1. Barometers – air pressure 2. Anemometers – wind speed 3. Rain gauges – rain fall 4. Hygrometer - humidity 5. Thermometer– temperature D. Climate Zones (Temperature and precipitation related to landforms) 1. Polar 2. Tropical 3. Temperate E. Landforms Affect Climate 1. Latitude 2. Elevation 3. Nearness to bodies of water What is weather? Sample answer: the that happen each day in our including temperature, rainfall, wind, air pressure, and humidity. Describe today’s weather as it applies to the weather factors such as air temperature, wind, humidity, and precipitation. Answer will vary – see newspaper, weather forecast on news, Internet, etc. Name some weather instruments and what each measures. Sample Answer: See letter C under Essential Content column. What are basic cloud types and give a brief description for each. Sample answer Cumulus: fair weather” fluffy, white cotton ball clouds Cirrus: ice clouds Stratus: thin, white clouds that can cover the whole sky producing little precipitation Cumulonimbus: thunderstorm clouds What are the 3 main climate zones? Sample Answer: See letter D under Essential Content column – Polar, Tropical, Temperate. What are the conditions of each climate zone? Sample answer: Polar: very cold and dry all year Temperate: mild to cold winters and mild to dry hot summers Tropical: hot and wet all year What are landform factors that affect climate zones? Sample answer: See letter E under Essential Content column – latitude, elevation, nearness to bodies of water.