Science Grade 8ES Severe Weather
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Science Grade 8ES Severe Weather |
1-2 Weeks |
Most of the phenomena we observe on Earth involve interactions among componenets of air, water, and land. Severe weather has profound effects on the surface and human activitiy. |
What is severe weather? How does severe weather affect the surface and human activity? |
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Monitor and track hurricanes and tornadoes to formulate predictions. Analyze severe weather events to create safety precautions. |
Air (atmospheric) pressure Air-mass Barometer Calorie Clouds Cold front Condensation Conduction Continental air mass Convection Currents Cycles Cyclones Dewpoint temperature Doppler effect Drizzle Dynamic equilibrium Electromagnetic spectrum Energy source Evaporation Fog Freezing Front Hail Heat energy Hurricanes Insolation Isobar Jet stream Maritime air mass Melting Meteorology Occluded front Planetary wind system Polar Polar jet stream Precipitation Predict Pressure gradient Psychrometer Radiation Radioactive decay Rain Red shift Relative humidity Saturated Sleet Smog Snow Solar energy Specific heat Station model Stationary front Temperature Thermometer Tornadoes Transpiration Tropical Warm front Wavelength Weather Weathe (atmospheric) variables Winds Absolute humidity Absolute zero Absorbed Adiabatic Aerosol Amplitude Anticyclone Blue shift Breezes Capacity Cirrus clouds Closed energy system Condensation nuclei Conservation of energy Convection cell Convection current Crest Cumulonimbus clouds Cumulus clouds Cyclone Degrees Dew Dry adiabatic lapse rate Electromagnetic energy Energy sink Evapotranspiration Eye of hurricane Frequency Frictional drag Frontal wedging Frost Hailstone High pressure area Isotherm Kinetic energy Land breeze (offshore breeze) Latent heat Low pressure area Mid-latitude cyclone Moist adiabatic lapse rate Nimbostratus clouds Orographic lifting Phase change Potential energy Probability of occurrence Radioactivity Refracted Saturation vapor pressure Scattered Sea breeze (onshore breeze) Seeding Source region Squall line Storm surgeg Sublimation Synopsis Synoptic weather map Temperature inversion Tracks Trough Vapor pressure Visible spectrum Waterspout Weather forecasting Zones of convergence Zones of divergence |
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Read Works Articles Bill Nye Videos Eyewitness Videos UPCO Physical Setting Earth Science Review UPCO Exploration in Earth Science Physical Setting Glencoe Earth Science Text Glencoe Earth Science Science Notebook
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