earth’s weather and climate answer the main ideas
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Earth’s Weather and Climate
Answer the main ideas
Bell work Question
• Earth’s atmosphere has five layers: troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere.
Question 1
• Greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide help keep in the sun’s heat, but human activities are increasing these gases, which could lead to global warming, and other problems.
Question 2
• Solar radiation fuels our planet’s weather, which is affected by the interaction of temperature, air pressure, and the movement of air by convection currents.
Question 3
• Weather is the specific condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time.
Question 4
• Climate refers to average yearly weather patterns.
Question 5
• The five climate zones are polar, dry, tropical, subtropical, and continental.
Question 6
• Air masses take on the characteristics of the region where they form, and they play an important role in determining what the weather will be like.
Reflection
• The most important thing I learned about weather and climate from the video is _____________ because _____________
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