Climate & Weather Patterns

Sea and Land Breezes

*caused by: CONVECTION

*Which means density differences --

warm rising/cold sinking

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• Caused by: 1. unequal heating of Earth's surface 2. rotation of Earth (Coriolis Effect)

• We live in the Westerlies.

• Take 2 min to make a list of at least 5 words. (list as many as you can)

• Turn and talk with the person sitting next to you or in front of you. Compare your lists

Let's talk climate! (Answer these question in your notebook)

1) If you could live anywhere, where would you want to live and why?

2) Are there any areas of the world you would avoid? Why?

​1. The Sun

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​2. The Water Cycle

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​3. The Atmosphere

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​4. The Ocean

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​5. The Earth Itself

• It determines the weather

• Weather affects humans daily

• It impacts long-term decisions

• It affects long-term trends in plants and animals

​and it is sunny but the clouds make you think it might rain, you're predicting the weather.

​Weather is the condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place.

​Distant winds and ocean currents can affect local weather, even in places that are far from the ocean

​Do you think we are affected by the ocean here in NM? How? What is the closest ocean to us?

​Air Masses are large bodies of air that have the same temperature and moisture throughout.

Winds cause air massess to move.

Where two air masses meet, that's called a front.

Fronts bring changes in weather.

• The very warm surface water vapor rises.

• The water vapor condenses to form storm clouds and raindrops.

• Water warming, evaporating, condensing, and releasing heat builds clouds and a core of low pressure.

​Underneath your notes, write a short summary about what you learned today (3-4 sentences)