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Warm up question: Why do you think Mexico City is colder than the surrounding cities?

Warm up question: Why do you think Mexico City is colder than the surrounding cities?. In your agenda. Write: Meteorology Test on Thursday March 8. Earth Science Rocks!. MYP Unit Question : What should I wear today? Area of Interaction : Environment Learner Profile : Communicator.

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Warm up question: Why do you think Mexico City is colder than the surrounding cities?

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  1. Warm up question:Why do you think Mexico City is colder than the surrounding cities?

  2. In your agenda Write: Meteorology Test on Thursday March 8

  3. Earth Science Rocks! • MYP Unit Question: What should I wear today? • Area of Interaction: Environment • Learner Profile: Communicator

  4. Earth Science Rocks! • Standard: Understand how the distribution of land and oceans affect climate and weather • Learning Target: Today I am learning how the condition of the atmosphere creates clouds because it affects weather.

  5. Activating Strategy Cooling air to its dewpoint—the temperature where air becomes saturated and condensation occurs.

  6. Clouds

  7. Clouds form at different altitudes

  8. Recipe for a cloud… • Cool water vapor to its dewpoint. • Add particles. • Water vapor in the air changes into liquid or ice crystals (aka…) • Watch a cloud form!

  9. Low Altitude Clouds • Most often composed of water droplets • Two main types

  10. Cumulus • Cumulus means “heap”, like a pile • puffy • Indicate fair weather

  11. Cumulonimbus • Thunderclouds! May produce rain, hail, lightning, thunder & tornadoes • Tall, dark and very puffy and large (billowing)

  12. Another low altitude cloud

  13. Stratus • Stratus means “spread out”, forming in layers like a blanket or sheet • Lowest of the clouds • “Nimbo-stratus” has steady rain, snow or drizzle

  14. Fog • Forms when the ground cools at night after a warm, humid day. • The ground cools the air just about the ground to the air’s dew point • Then the heat of the morning sun “burns” off the fog as its water droplets evaporate

  15. Middle Altitude Clouds • May contain ice crystals and/or water droplets • Associated with light precipitation

  16. Altocumulus

  17. Altostratus

  18. High Altitude Clouds

  19. Cirrus • Mainly composed of ice crystals • Thin and wispy • Fair now, but a storm is on its way

  20. Other Clouds

  21. Mammatus • Named after mammary glands of animals • Unstable atmosphere • Indicator of impending severe weather!!

  22. Contrails • Short for “condensation trails” • Form from the vapor from a jet engine’s exhaust. • The vapor condenses into ice crystals from the cold temperatures at high altitudes

  23. Let’s make a Cloud!! • Recipe for a cloud: • Ingredients: water vapor, particles, cooling air Directions: • Start with warm air. • Add particles • Cool air to its dewpoint (the temperature where condensation happens) • Enjoy a lovely cloud!

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