weather blog

Choose, Climate or Weather

__climate________ 1. Usually it is sunny in Florida.

___weather_______ 2. This can change from day to day.

__climate________ 3. This can remain about the same over a number of years.

___weather_______ 4. Conditions outside on a daily basis.

__climate________ 5. The typical or usual conditions for an area.

___weather_______ 6. Yesterday it was sunny but today we have storms.

___climate_______ 7. Every year, we have mild winters and it rarely snows.

___climate_______ 8. It is normal for New York to have a lot of snow each year.

___climate_______ 9. Florida is a popular vacation spot because of consistent sunny days and warm temperatures.

___weather_______ 10. Our state is on tornado watch today.

STUDENTS MAY THINK…	INSTEAD OF THINKING…
The seasons cause the weather to change.                    the weather changes every day. the weather changes based on the atmosphere conditions I believe. the seasons are affected by the rotation of the earth around the sun and its rotation in its axis. where the earth is in location near the sun is what determines the season.
Clouds form because cold air doesn’t hold as much water as warm air.	clouds form through  air condensing on pieces of dust flying through the air.  although it is true that cool air does not hold as much water vapor as warm air.
Clouds are made of water vapor. clouds are made of water vapor and dust
Clouds always predict rain. You can see the cloud formations getting larger when precipitation is going to happen. however it is not always rain. sometimes its rain sometimes it is snow and sometimes it is something in between.
Raindrops look like tear drops. rain drops actually have a sort of dome-like shape comparable to the top half of a hamburger bun.
Rain falls when clouds become too heavy. rain happens due to a collision of air temperatures. the condensation of water droplets does eventually get big enough to precipitate down.
Rain falls because we need it. Rain falls because it is part of the water cycle.
Lightning never strikes the same place twice. It can strike in the same place twice it is simply unlikely. striking in a certain place does not mean that it wont ever return there again.
Thunder occurs when two clouds collide. thunder is caused by lightning traveling through clouds
Air and oxygen are the same things. oxygen is just a portion of what makes up air 21% to be precise.
Humidity is moisture in the air. humidity is: a quantity representing the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere or a gas.
Humid air is heavy or denser than dry air. not true because humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air.  water vapor is lighter than air.
Hot air weighs less than cold air. the air weighs the same, but the colder the air the closer the molecules are to each other so they appear heavier but they are not.
The atmosphere is made up solely of air. nitrogen makes up 78%, oxygen 21%, 1% mostly argon. also the  earth's atmosphere contains traces of dust particles, pollen, plant grains and other solid particles.
Clouds block the wind and slow it down.?? false the clouds move with the wind??
Cold temperatures produce fast winds.  The faster the wind speed, the more readily the surface cools. The effect of wind chill is to increase the rate of heat loss and reduce any warmer objects to the ambient temperature more quickly.
Snow and ice make it cold. snow and ice happen when it is already cold.
Cold days are caused by the clouds covering the sun. the amount of heat that reaches the earth is affected by the cloud cover.  at night time its the opposite, the clouds trap the warmth on the earth.
STUDENTS MAY THINK…
Global Climate Change and the greenhouse effect are the same thing.	Greenhouse gases occur naturally in the Earth's atmosphere, but are also being added by human activities. This happens primarily through the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil and natural gas, which releases carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
The greenhouse effect is bad and will eventually cause all living things to die.	The greenhouse effect, although it sounds scary, is perfectly natural and normal. It is simply the name given to the process whereby certain naturally occurring gases in the Earth’s atmosphere retain some of the thermal radiation that reaches Earth from the sun.
Ozone is bad (or that it is good). the ozone layer is a deep layer in the stratosphere, encircling the Earth, that has large amounts of ozone in it. The layer shields the entire Earth from much of the harmful ultraviolet radiation that comes from the sun.
The ozone hole is a hole in the sky. --see above--