1. NS 1300 Physical Science Studies
Weather and Climate

2. Weather

3. The Atmosphere Layers of the Atmosphere Composition of the Atmosphere
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Ionosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Exosphere
Composition of the Atmosphere
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Water Vapor
Carbon Dioxide

4. Water in the Atmosphere
Humidity
Dew Point
Clouds
Cumulus
Stratus
Cirrus

5. Water Cycle

6. Air Pressure

7. Air Masses

8. Fronts

9. Weather Maps
Isobars
Weather Arrows

10. Storms
Thunder Storms
Tornadoes
Hurricanes

11. Global Wind Patterns

12. Ocean Currents

13. Climate

14. Glacial Cycles Why Glaciers Glacial Cycles Land at the Poles
Global Temperature
Glacial Cycles
Glacial Maximum
Glacial Minimum
Interglacial Periods

15. Milankovitch Cycles

16. Quiz 1. T or F, the troposphere is the layer of the earth’s
atmosphere in which we live and breath.
2. T or F, a front is the boundary between two air masses.
3. T or F, an isobar is a line of equal temperature on a
weather map.
4. T or F, the Coriolis Effect is due to the earth’s revolution
around the sun.
5. T or F, obliquity, precession, and eccentricity are
irregularities in the earth’s rotation and revolution around
the sun.