Slide 1 Weather and Climate 8 th grade science STAAR Slide 2 What is Weather vs. Climate Weather is the current atmospheric conditions, which includes temperature, wind,…

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You have noticed that most of the sunâs rays strike vertically in places near the equator. This m akes the temperature higher in these areas, resulting in warm climate.…

Thunderstorms Thunderstorms What are thunderstorms??? A thunderstorm is a storm with lightning and thunder. Its produced by a cumulonimbus cloud, usually producing strong…

Slide 1 1 Energy Transformations But what about the wind? 1 2 Where Does Wind Energy Come From? 3 Where Does Wind Energy Come From? Wind energy is an indirect form of solar…

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Meteorology Notes: Part III Clouds Precipitation Weather Map and Weather Systems Station Models Ingredients Needed for Cloud Formation Air at saturation (100% relative humidity…

HIGHER GEOGRAPHY PHYSICAL CORE ATMOSPHERE By the end of this topic you should be able to: GMTs Troposphere = main zone of weather and climate. lapse rate = decrease in temperature…

HIGHER GEOGRAPHY PHYSICAL CORE ATMOSPHERE GMTs By the end of this topic you should be able to: At the Equator the atmosphere is heated Air becomes less dense and rises. Rising…

* At the Equator the atmosphere is heated Air becomes less dense and rises. Rising air creates low pressure at the equator. Air cools as it rises because of the lapse rate.…