Weather and Climate
HS-ESS2.D
Expii topics
- Abiotic Factors: Climate Change
- Habitat Change: Pollution
- Habitat Change: Atmospheric Carbon
- Meteorology
- Intro to Meteorology
- Weather vs. Climate
- What Is Weather?
- What Is Climate?
- What Is Meteorology?
- Earth's Atmosphere
- Weather Variables: Temperature, Air Pressure, Humidity, and Wind
- Air Pressure
- What Is Air Pressure?
- Air Pressure: Altitude
- Layers of the Atmosphere
- Troposphere
- Stratosphere
- Mesosphere
- Thermosphere
- Temperature Variation in the Atmosphere
- Air Pressure: Wet vs. Dry Air (Humidity)
- Composition of the Atmosphere
- Weather Systems
- Role of Water Vapor in the Atmosphere
- What Is the Composition of the Atmosphere?
- Role of Greenhouse Gases in the Atmosphere
- Air Masses
- What Is an Air Mass?
- Moisture: Continental vs. Maritime Air Masses
- Temperature: Tropical vs. Polar Air Masses
- Classifying Air Masses
- Temperature: Arctic Air Masses
- Pressure Systems
- Fronts
- What Is a Front?
- Warm Front
- Cold Front
- Stationary Front
- Occluded Front
- Ozone Layer
- Heating the Atmosphere
- Heating the Atmosphere: Convection, Conduction, and Radiation
- Heating Land vs. Water
- Coastal vs. Inland Temperatures
- What Causes Air to Rise?
- Adiabatic (Orographic) Lifting
- Frontal Wedging
- Stable vs. Unstable Air Masses
- Convergence of Air
- Cloud Formation
- How Are Clouds Formed?
- Types of Clouds
- Precipitation
- How Does Precipitation Form?
- Cloud Seeding
- How Does Temperature Determine the Type of Precipitation?
- Severe Storms
- Thunderstorms
- How Do Thunderstorms Form?
- Cold Front vs. Warm Front Thunderstorms
- Thunder
- Lightning
- Tornadoes
- How Do Tornadoes Form?
- Effect of Geography: Tornado Alley
- Hurricanes and Tropical Storms
- What Is a Hurricane and How Does It Form?
- Weather Maps
- What Is a Weather Map?
- Weather Map: Isotherms
- Measuring Weather
- High Pressure System
- Low Pressure System
- Air Pressure: Warm vs. Cold Air
- Weather Map: Isobars
- Global Climate Patterns
- Solar Radiation
- Incoming Solar Radiation (Angle of Insolation)
- Earth's Energy Budget
- Albedo and Solar Radiation
- How Do Increased Greenhouse Gases Impact the Energy Budget?
- Seasons
- What Causes the Seasons?
- Seasons: Northern vs. Southern Hemisphere
- Solstices and Equinoxes
- Climate Change
- Evidence Supporting Anthropogenic Climate Change
- How Do Melting Ice Caps Impact Climate Change?
- Greenhouse Effect: Goldilocks Principle
- What Is Climate Change?
- What Are the Impacts of Climate Change?
- Pressure Cells
- Pressure Cells: The Role of Wind
- Northeast and Southeast Trade Winds
- Pressure Cells: Coriolis Force
- Wind Direction
- Identifying a Front
- Seasons: Important Latitudes
- Solar Radiation Causing Pressure Belts
- Hadley, Polar, and Ferrel Cells
- Climate Zones and Latitudes
- Climate Zone: Tropical
- Climate Zone: Temperate
- Climate Zone: Dry/Desert Belt
- What Is a Climate Zone?
- Climate Zone: Polar
- Air Moves from High to Low Pressure
- Currents and Climate
- Effect of Currents on Local Climates
- El Nino and La Nina
- Ocean Oxygen
- Ocean Carbon Dioxide
- Seawater pH Buffering
- Climate Change and Ocean Acidification
- Glaciers and Climate Change
- History of Earth's Glaciation
- Ice Core Data