Click here for the Weather Ideas presented in class today (linked after class is over)
Everything you need to know for this also is in your manual, read the background information, p.206-207.
Click here for an animation showing how gas particles move, you can change the heater temperature and see how that affects the movement of the particles: http://www.falstad.com/gas. You can also change the number of molecules and see how that affects the movement of the particles.
Read the background information on p.214-215.
Click here for a simple explanation of why clouds form: http://www.vivoscuola.it/us/rsigpp3202/umidita/lezioni/form.htm
Look over the activities in your manual to get a feel for the material covered this week. Contact Dr. Munn to arrange to make up the quiz that you missed (this must be done sometime before the next class). Worksheets collected for this lab will be listed on the Lab Schedule page and must be turned within a week. Click here for the syllabus information about missing class. Here are more specifics about the worksheets that were collected (please note that you may not be able to answer every question on this worksheet because you were not here to do the activity, however you can use the weather ideas and background information in the manual to answer some of the questions):
• p.209 in your lab manual (Air Pressure and Temperature Worksheet).
• p.211 in your lab manual (the second page related to Air Pressure and Wind Speed)
• p.216 in your lab manaul (the second page related to Exploring Atmospheric Pressure's Effect on Weather)
for this one, you need the climate map at this url: http://www.theodora.com/maps/new9/world_climate_map-large.jpg
• Check Your Understanding: Weather worksheet
