Changing Weather
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Changing WeatherQuestions
- What are the three major temperature scales and how are they related to one another?
- How is precipitation measured?
- How is the synthesis of all of atmospheric variable necessary to make accurate predictions about changing weather?
- Why are wind speed and direction important for understanding changing weather?
- What is dew point and how is it important?
- What is temperature and how is it measured?
- What is a barometer?
- Why does weather change?
- How do animals adapt to the changing weather?
- What change in weather does a barometer measure?
- How can climate change affect the weather?
- What winds are responsible for moving weather across the U.S. and Canada?
- Did the deadliest hurricane happen recently or in the past? Why do you think this is the case?
- What is the name of the global wind that has the most effect on the weather in the United States?
- Question #3e176
- If air over the warmer area rises, creating a lower atmospheric pressure, how would surrounding air move. Which way would the breeze likely flow at a beach on a hot day? During a cold night?