1. describe how a greenhouse and earth’s atmosphere are alike. 2. i was boiling water on the stove for pasta and i left a metal fork in the boiling water for an extended period of time. discuss what will happen to the temperature of the fork and why. 3. list the atmospheric layers, temperature, altitude and density of those layers, and a unique object found in those layers. 4. where is the ozone layer located? 5. global wind patterns and convection cells 6. land breezes vs. sea breezes. explain and describe 7. conduction, convection, radiation: be able to describe what these are. 8. uneven heating of earth’s surface (land vs. water) 9. landlocked cities vs. cities located near an ocean. 10. how does the sun cause wind? and how does wind flow? (high pressure to low pressure) 11. how are tornadoes and hurricanes different? and how are they the same? 12. what kind of water and weather do hurricanes like to form in? 13. what kind of air form tornados and hurricanes? what kind of air make the atmosphere unstable? 14. high tides/low tides/neap tides, bulges of water in relation to tides 15. how high are high tides during neap tides? how low are low tides during neap tides? 16. ocean floor topography 17. how does salt travel to the ocean? 18. list the water reservoirs from largest to smallest… (groundwater, lakes, oceans, rivers, ice) or smallest to largest. 19. describe the relationship between air pressure and altitude. 20. know about fronts (cold, warm, stationary, occluded) 21. what are renewable resources and how could we determine if a resource is renewable or not? 22. describe the difference between renewable and nonrenewable and be able to name 3 examples from each. 23. explain what fossil fuels are and name them. 24. when would hurricanes typically begin to form during the water cycle? evaporation 25. air masses and formation (maritime tropical, maritime polar, continental polar and continental tropical.

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