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What is Climate?

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What is Climate?

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What is Climate?

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What is Climate?

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Objectives

Climate. Objectives. Describe different types of climate data. Recognize limits associated with the use of normals. Explain why climates vary. Vocabulary. climatology climate normal. tropics temperate zone polar zone. What is Climate?. What is Climate?.

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Weather & Atmosphere Animations

Weather & Atmosphere Animations. Weather & Atmosphere Animations. Click to go to menu. Menu. Next slide. Land & Sea Breezes Air Masses Fronts High & Low Pressure Interpreting Weather Convection Coriolis Effect Climate Ocean Currents Global Winds. Thunderstorms Lightening Strikes

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Atmospheric Hazards Part II

Atmospheric Hazards Part II. Heat Waves, Winter Storms, and Hurricanes Session 8. Air Mass. Large body of air (usually > 1000 miles +/- in diameter) that exhibits relatively homogeneous properties of temperature and moisture. Source Regions. Locations where air masses develop

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Section 14.1 Main Ideas

Section 14.1 Study Guide. Section 14.1 Main Ideas. Climate describes the long-term weather patterns of a region. Climatological data include annual variations of temperature, precipitation, wind, and other weather variables, as well as extreme fluctuations in these variables.

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Jeopardy

Jeopardy. Weather. Grid Sheet. Snow. Summer. Sunshine. Fall. Spring. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. What is the process by which plants give off water vapor into the air?.

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Class #21: Monday, October 18, 2010

Class #21: Monday, October 18, 2010. Fronts. Fronts. Air masses are important in themselves, and at their boundaries, fronts occur. A front is the transition zone between two different air masses.

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WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?

WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?. What is a Barometer?. A. a weather instrument* B. a math word C. a new type of P.E. game D. a type of gumball machine. A prediction about the weather is call a weather. A. Observation B. Gauge C. Forecast* D. Fortune. Moving air is called?.

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THE GREAT PLAINS AND PRAIRIES (CHAPTER 12)

THE GREAT PLAINS AND PRAIRIES (CHAPTER 12). INTRODUCTION. The Great Plains and Prairies are outlined on p. 267. Regional Perspectives

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Warm up Activity

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Warm up Activity

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ATS-113

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THE BYPASSED EAST

THE BYPASSED EAST. (CHAPTER 7). INTRODUCTION. "Bypassed East" Atlantic Provinces of Canada, northern New England and the Adirondack region of New York (see map on page 127).

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Air Masses

Air Masses. An air mass is an enormous mass of air. They can be hundreds of miles in length, width and thousands of feet high. It has the same temperature and humidity throughout the whole mass.

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Air Masses

Air Masses. What is an air mass?. Air Mass. An air mass is a large volume of air defined by its temperature and water vapor content. The weather characteristics are determined by the geographical origin (Birth place) of the air mass. Humidity- First Name.

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