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Earth Science
Water Cycle
Clouds
Cloud terms
Alto – tall
Strato – spread out
Nimbus – precipitation
Cumulus – heap
Cumulonimbus - column of rain
Cirrus - curl, curly hair
Types of weather masses
- cold -warm-stationary-occluded
Cold front
Forms when a cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass
warm air risesthunderheads, cool fair
weather
Warm Front
Forms when a moist, warm air mass comes up and over a cold air mass
cloudy, little rain/snow & warmer weather
Stationary front
Forms when warm and cold air meet and neither air mass has the force to move the other – stand still
clouds, fog, could rain/snow
Usually many days of clouds and precipitation
Occluded Fronts
Forms when warm air mass gets stuck between 2 cold air masses. The warm air mass rises as the cool air masses push and meet in the middle
temp drops, heavy winds & precip.
Weather mass
Weather masshttp://www.phschool.com/
atschool/phsciexp/active_art/weather_fronts/
Rain Shadow
Global Warming/Climate Change
Watch the video and take notes on your page about this
Climate Change http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/
Global Warming
Increase in temperature/ climate change
Avg increase of 1.4 F every year
Causes:
Effects:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1206_041206_global_warming.html
Lightening
Tiny ice crystals in clouds electrical currents - current in cloud vs. + current on ground
zapSuper heated air
explodes boom
Rocks
Why do they rock?What are they?
Mixture of one ore more minerals and sometimes organic matter
Observable Properties
How can you classify rocks
Color
*Hardness - Moh’s hardness scale
1 Talc
2 Gypsum
3 Calcite
4 Flourite scratched by penny
5 Apatite scratched by knife
6 Feldspar scratches glass
7 Quartz scratches steel
8 Topaz scratches quartz
9 Corundum
10 Diamond
Streak
Cleavage/fracture
Magnetism
Specific gravity: compare with the density of water
Rock Types
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous
Classified on where they form
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