Personal Training-Event 6 Earth (2022)

Explore Earth's weather and geology! Learn about ocean currents, read weather maps, and understand plate tectonics.

8.10 A,B,C Ocean Currents and Weather Watch the Video and Answer the Questions 1. What is causing the sea breeze? Convection Wind Hurricanes 2.Because of the Gulf Stream, what sort of weather do you expect on the east coast of North America? Less humid and less rain Cool temperatures and high winds Strong winds and less rain Warmer temperatures and more humid 3. Why would Stornoway experience warmer winters than Hopedale? because of the ocean current, Gulf Stream Atlantic Drift, that passes by because it gets more sunlight because of the Labrador current that passes by Weather Map Symbols Use any of the following words: clear rainy, thunderstorms rain, cloudy Low Pressure, High Pressure, Warm Front, Cold Front Name Symbol Weather Prediction Warm Front cloudy Cold Front thunderstorms rain Low Pressure rainy High Pressure clear Weather Map Label the map with weather predictions:Clear and sunny Cold and stormy Warm with showers Clear and sunny Cold and stormy Warm with showers 4. Where would a hurricane most likely occur? Southern Ocean Atlantic Ocean Arctic Ocean 5. How do warm ocean waters influence severe weather events, like hurricanes? Surface currents on the ocean continually move weather fronts along. High pressure systems form over warm ocean waters. Surface currents combine with deep ocean currents to produce rain. Warm ocean water provides energy to fuel weather systems and storms. TEK 8.9 A,B,C 6. Nazca American Pacific American North American South American 7. Look at the plate boundary located off the western coast of South America (above). This is most likely an area of - Sea-floor spreading because the plates are spreading apart. Folded mountains because the plates are colliding. Subduction because the oceanic Nazca plates is colliding with continental plate. Mid-ocean ridges because the plates are pulling apart. 8. A family wants to climb Rock Mountain, but they would prefer to take the easiest path that has the most gentle slope. Which side of Rock Mountain should they climb? the Northeast side the South side the Southeast side the West side Use this image to answer the following questions. 9. If someone is standing at the highest elevation on Holland Hill (shown by the asterisk *), what elevation (in feet) might they be standing at? 560 551-559 570 561-569 10.A hiker is hiking from location Y to location Z. What is the difference in elevation between these two locations? 10 ft. 20 ft. 30 ft. 40 ft. 11.The contour interval of this map is 10 ft. What is a contour interval? The difference in rock age between one geologic unit and the next. The change (or difference) in elevation between two successive contour lines. The difference in color between one contour line and the next. 12 13.What type of weather does Seattle have on the map ? Rainy Cloudy clear thunderstorms