Convection and Weather

Grade 545 min

aligned to I Can Identify Ways Circulating Currents Of Air And Water Affect Local Weather And Global Climate

Learning Objective

I can describe how convection currents in the air and water affect the weather.

Lesson Flow

Watch Video

5 min

Weather: high and low pressure

Unknown Channel

Practice

14 min

7 questions β€’ Short answer

Exit Ticket

5 min

β€œDescribe how a convection current forms in the atmosphere, including the role of energy from the sun, and explain whether the rising or sinking portion of this process leads to high pressure or low pressure at the surface. Explain how the temperature of the air affects its density, and how this density difference, driven by solar energy, contributes to the formation of convection currents and influences the weather. Based on the video, explain the relationship between rising warm air, low pressure (caused by the air's lower density), and the type of weather that is likely to occur as the rising air cools and condenses.”

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