Wind Project:
Part A:
Watch this video (click here) and fill in the table in your performance task.
Part B
Step 1: Read the Wind Article #1 (click here) and answer the questions below.
A) Light is a type of _______________.
B) The sun's energy reaches Earth by ______________.
C) When light is __________, it is changed into heat.
D) Clouds, _____________, and water droplets can absorb or reflect the Sun's energy.
E) Energy traveling in waves from the Sun is called ___________ energy.
F) What process heats up air molecules touching earth's warm surface?
G) What process involves the hotter air molecules to rise and cooler air molecules to sink?
H) Would wind exist without the sun?
I) Air pressure is measured with a ___________.
Step 2: Read the Wind Article #2 (click here) and answer the questions below.
A) Pressure is the amount of __________ on a unit of area.
B) Air pressure at sea level is ___________ than air pressure on top of a mountain.
C) Air pressure _____________ as elevation increases.
D) Warm air weighs ___________ than cool air.
E) Air pressure is measured with a _____________.
F) Two kinds of barometers are mercury and _____________ barometers.
G) The mercury column in a mercury barometer rises or falls with changes in ____________.
H) Air pressure is measured in _______________.
Step 3: Read the Wind Article #3 (click here) and answer the questions below.
A) An air current is an _____________ movement.
B) Cool air is more ___________ than warm air.
C) As cool air moves in under warm air, it pushes the warm air ________.
D) Wind is the ___________ movement of air along Earth's surface.
E) Wind speed depends on differences in _____________.
F) A sea breeze blows toward the _____________.
G) Land is heated ____________than water.
H) Movement of air from the land toward the ocean is called a __________ breeze.
I) A _____________ breeze moves downhill toward a valley.
J) Winds that change direction with the seasons are ______________.
Step 4: Draw the template (click here) on your own sheet of paper. You are not allowed to print out the template. Add the information below to the template. I completed A and B for you. Please format your information in the same location on your template. When finished take photo of work and upload in performance task. Be sure to put your name in top right corner of drawing.
Step 5: Read the captions for each global wind belt in this figure (click here). Identify one unique characteristic about each wind belt in performance task.
Part C: Watch this Global Winds Video (click here) and fill in the table in your performance task.
Watch this video (click here) and fill in the table in your performance task.
Part B
Step 1: Read the Wind Article #1 (click here) and answer the questions below.
A) Light is a type of _______________.
B) The sun's energy reaches Earth by ______________.
C) When light is __________, it is changed into heat.
D) Clouds, _____________, and water droplets can absorb or reflect the Sun's energy.
E) Energy traveling in waves from the Sun is called ___________ energy.
F) What process heats up air molecules touching earth's warm surface?
G) What process involves the hotter air molecules to rise and cooler air molecules to sink?
H) Would wind exist without the sun?
I) Air pressure is measured with a ___________.
Step 2: Read the Wind Article #2 (click here) and answer the questions below.
A) Pressure is the amount of __________ on a unit of area.
B) Air pressure at sea level is ___________ than air pressure on top of a mountain.
C) Air pressure _____________ as elevation increases.
D) Warm air weighs ___________ than cool air.
E) Air pressure is measured with a _____________.
F) Two kinds of barometers are mercury and _____________ barometers.
G) The mercury column in a mercury barometer rises or falls with changes in ____________.
H) Air pressure is measured in _______________.
Step 3: Read the Wind Article #3 (click here) and answer the questions below.
A) An air current is an _____________ movement.
B) Cool air is more ___________ than warm air.
C) As cool air moves in under warm air, it pushes the warm air ________.
D) Wind is the ___________ movement of air along Earth's surface.
E) Wind speed depends on differences in _____________.
F) A sea breeze blows toward the _____________.
G) Land is heated ____________than water.
H) Movement of air from the land toward the ocean is called a __________ breeze.
I) A _____________ breeze moves downhill toward a valley.
J) Winds that change direction with the seasons are ______________.
Step 4: Draw the template (click here) on your own sheet of paper. You are not allowed to print out the template. Add the information below to the template. I completed A and B for you. Please format your information in the same location on your template. When finished take photo of work and upload in performance task. Be sure to put your name in top right corner of drawing.
- Label C - G with their corresponding latitude. With the exception of the equator, don't forget to write north and south next to each latitude. Use N for north and S for South. See my example to help you get started.
- Identify whether C- G is a colder or hotter region. To do so, compare 90 degrees with 60 degrees and 30 degrees with 0 degrees. See my example to help you get started.
- Identify whether C - G is a high or low pressure zone. To do so, always compare 90 degrees with 60 degrees and 30 degrees with 0 degrees. See my example to help you get started.
- Identify whether the wind will move up or down between each 30 degree increment latitudes (i.e. between 0 and 30, 30 and 60, and 60 and 90 degree latitudes) on both sides of the equator. Hint: Air will always travel from high to low pressure. See my example to help you get started.
- Identify whether the wind will left or right between each 30 degree increment latitudes (i.e. between 0 and 30, 30 and 60, and 60 and 90 degree latitudes) on both sides of the equator. Hint: Wind will travel clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere. See my example to help you.
- Draw arrow showing direction of wind using the down/up and left/right information each 30 degree increment (e.g. between 0 and 30, 30 and 60, and 60 and 90 degree latitudes). See my example to help you. Notice my arrow in the northern hemisphere is going in the clockwise direction. All arrows in the southern hemisphere should point in the counterclockwise direction.
- Using this Global Winds figure (click here), identify where each wind belt (i.e. trade winds, doldrums, westerlies, horse latitudes, and polar easterlies) are located both sides of the equator. See my example to help you get started.
Step 5: Read the captions for each global wind belt in this figure (click here). Identify one unique characteristic about each wind belt in performance task.
Part C: Watch this Global Winds Video (click here) and fill in the table in your performance task.