NGSS Standard: 5-ESS2-1 Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.

Presenter: Dr. Persin

Types of Air Masses: Continental Arctic (cA) Maritime Polar (mP) Continental Polar (cP) Maritime Tropical (mT) Continental Tropical (cT)

They determine the weather in eachregion.

Determine the surface winds of each hemisphere.Divided into three wind belts:1.Easterlies2.Westerlies3.Trade Winds

The droplets are so small and light that they can float in the air. 

MOST COMMON TYPES of CLOUDS

Cirrus Clouds Stratus Clouds Cumulus Clouds

CLOUDS in the TROPOSPHERE

A storm is a large cumulonimbus cloud with lightning and thunder.

It can produce gusty winds, heavy rain, and hail.

Fast Fact: Life on Earth depends on the Water Cycle.

Soil absorption- When water falls on land, it can seep into the ground.

Surface runoff- the water flow which occurs when soil is saturated.

Leaching- the loss of water soluble plant nutrients from the soil due to rain and irrigation.

Sink holes-  a natural depression or hole caused by the removal of soil and/or bedrock, by water.

Aquifer - an underground source of water bounded by impermeable rock or other materials (gravel, sand, silt, or clay).

The groundwater can be usefully extracted using a water well.

Reservoir- an artificial lake used to store water. They are often created by building a sturdy dam,

usually out of concrete, earth, rock, or a mixture across a river or stream.

Once the dam is completed, the stream fills the reservoir.

1. Volume of air defined by its temperature and water vapor. 

2. Large collection of very tiny water droplets.

3. Produced by a cumulonimbus cloud.

4. Life on Earth depends on it. 5. Excess water, from rain,

snowmelt or other sources. 6. Depression from removal of

bedrock. 7. Underground layer of water. 8. Artificial lake used to store

water.

A.Water Cycle

B.Sinkhole

C.Air mass

D.Aquifer

E. Thunderstorm

F. Reservoir

G.Cloud

H.Run-off