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Unit 5 Oceans, Atmosphere, and Climate

This is a potpourri unit with bits of many chapters so follow along closely.

Ch 15.1 The Composition of Sea Water

Week 1

April 18-21

Objectives:

1.  What units are used to express the salinity of sea water?

What elements are solutes in sea water?

2.  What are two sources of salt in sea water?

3.

  • Class Notes ch 15.1
  • pages 158-159 The Water Cycle (should be a review)
  • Lab Modeling Water Masses
  • Lab/Demonstration “Floating Cubes”
  • Conclude labs + complete class notes
  • Homework
  • Read pp.422-427 Do page 427 (1-8)
  • Quiz ch 15.1 Thurs

Week 2

April 25-29

Ch 16.1

Objectives:

1.  Ocean currents

  • how do they develop?
  • how do they affect climate?

2.  Horizontal currents

  • surface currents
  • gyres

3. Vertical currents

  • Upwelling and why it is important
  • Density currents and how they form

ch 16.2 Waves and Tides

Waves

  • What 3 factors affect the characteristics of a wave?
  • How does energy more through a wave?
  • Describe how breaking waves form.

Tides

  • Explain what causes high tides and low tides
  • Distinguish between Spring tides and neap tides
  • What moon is associated with each tide?

Ch 16.1 and 16.2 448-460

 

Gyres lab

Observation of Tides Lab

Ch 17.1 and 17.2 476-487

Objectives:

  • 1.  Distinguish between weather and climate
  • 2.  Explain what causes seasons
  • 3.  Describe the composition of the atmosphere

Class notes ch 17. 1

Objectives:

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17.3 Temperature Controls

Objectives:

1.  What is a temperature control?

2.  How do heating land and water differ?

3.  Why do some clouds reflect a portion of sunlight back to space?

On line quizzes.  Remember- we have not covered everything in every chapter so the quizzes will have questions that we have not covered.