Quiz Day and Documentary

 

Weather Quiz today.  I'm not sure everyone believes me when I tell them they should study.  It's 4th quarter and we are on the homestretch!  I know the weather is nice but school must be on the list of priorities.  After the quiz, we watched a documentary of the deadly Joplin, Missouri tornado that hit that area May 22, 2011.  The picture above is what is left of Home Depot.

Stormy Weather....Quiz Tomorrow!

We have a quiz tomorrow!  You should study and get 4th quarter off to an amazing start!  All work from this week is due tomorrow as well.  Today we worked on learning how storms form such as tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, etc.  Students were expected to complete the worksheet below.

Some information about the quiz besides vocabulary is the following:
1.     How does the addition of energy (heat) affect air? 

2.     How is air pressure and air density related?

 3.      When air masses meet at fronts, why does the warm air rise above the cold air?

4.      What causes your ear drums to “pop” when you go to a higher elevation?

Extra Credit

5.      What characteristics describe a continental tropical air mass?  

Weather 3.2 3.3 Worksheet

Weather Puts Up Quite A Front

Weather fronts:  Warm, cold, occluded, stationary.  We read section D 3.1.  We briefly learned about these types of fronts today and then had an assignment that help reinforce our learning.  The link to the worksheet is below.  Remember their is a quiz Friday over the vocabulary and you also need to know how energy and density play a role in weather.

Weather D 3.1 Worksheet

Air Pressure and A Little Fun Demo

In class today we talked about air pressure and I had a little demo using a hard boiled egg, matches and a bottle.  It demonstrated how air pressure changes and then forces the egg into the bottle.  We also read D 2.1 in the book starting on page D43 and completed the worksheet below.  Remember there is a quiz on Friday!

Reading Worksheet D2.1

What Is Up With The Weather?

Well, we will answer that question and others this week in Science!  It's a quick review of weather concepts that have already been covered over the years.  Today we did vocabulary and reviewed the water cycle.  There will be a quiz over vocabulary terms on Friday!  Study!

Weather Vocabulary