1. 1 Climate and Weather: S6E4. Students will understand how the distribution of land and oceans affects climate and weather.

2. a. Demonstrate that land and water absorb and lose heat at different rates and explain the resulting effects on weather patterns. b. Relate unequal heating of land and water surfaces to form large global wind systems and weather events such as tornados and thunderstorms. c. Relate how moisture evaporating from the oceans affects the weather patterns and weather events such as hurricanes. 2

3. Essential Questions: How does unequal heating of land and water affect weather patterns? How do differences in air pressure cause land and sea breezes? How does the sun’s heating of water in the tropics affect climate the world’s climate How does moisture evaporating from the oceans help to create hurricanes? What is the Coriolis Effect? How does the Coriolis Effect influence wind and water movement? 3

4. Vocabulary Atmosphere Ari pressure Wind Global/Local winds Land/Sea breeze Coriolis effect Air mass(Continental/Maritime/Tropical/Polar) Front (Warm, cold, stationary, occluded) Hurricane, tornado, thunderstorm, lightning Greenhouse effect Global Warming Radiation/Conduction/Convection Relative Humidity Cirrus, Stratus, Cumulus 4