Grade 10 2P Science Weather Outlines

  March 2008

  1. Weather climate, what's the difference?
  2. What do meteorologist measure and track when studying or predicting weather.
    Such as temperature, air pressure, wind speed & direction, humidity etc.
  3. Heat flow: radiation, convection, & conduction in fluids and solids
  4. Layers of the atmosphere
  5. Air masses and fronts
  6. Winds; global and local
  7. Seasons, what causes them and the sun's energy
  8. Cloud types (3 basic types) and formation (3 methods)
  9. Ocean currents and weather effects
  10. Types of precipitation and humidity - dew point
  11. Reading a weather map (3 types)
    recognizing and interpruting the symbols.
  12. Extreme weather condition
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