To get group results and display: use something like Nearpod, Socrative or even Google Docs and then Project results on the screen.
The Atmosphere Preconception Survey
- What type of relationship exists between the atmosphere and life on earth?
- What is a cloud? What are clouds made out of?
- What is the Jet Stream? How does the Jet Stream influence weather?
- Make a list of ingredients that make up the atmosphere? Which are most/least abundant?
- How do we (including the weatherman/woman) know when the weather is going to be nice and when it is going to be not-so-nice?
- What specific dangers could affect the health of the atmosphere? How could these dangers affect the human population?
- Name the layers of the atmosphere and what differentiates each layer.
- What is the difference between weather and climate? Pick a place on earth and describe both the weather and the climate there.
- Briefly explain the issue of global climate change and the role of atmospheric carbon dioxide in climate change. Draw a diagram to illustrate the greenhouse effect.
- Identify several global wind patterns and describe at what latitude they occur at.
- Pick one of the following and describe what it is in your own words:
- Wind
- Humidity
- Temperature
- Wind Chill
- Air pressure
- Heat Index
- Precipitation