Carbon Dioxide By Rachel Deaton

What would happen to the weather and to life as humans, if Carbon Dioxide was not a part of our atmosphere?

Essential Question

Weather is the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.

A major factor influencing weather is the air. Air is a mixture of varying amounts of

moisture and particulate matter.

What is weather?

Air is a mixture of Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon and Carbon Dioxide.

Carbon dioxide is very influential. Carbon dioxide is responsible for 80% of the

force that sustains the greenhouse effect on our planet.

Okay, so what is in Air?

The removal of all the carbon dioxide in the air would translate into a global cooling of about 2.5° Celsius, which is about 36.5° Fahrenheit.

This is a very unlikely anthropogenic, caused by man, situation.

Removal of CO2?

With no CO2 in the air, it would be hard to acclimatize, to adjust to changes in the environment. Plants would begin to die because there would be nothing left for them to breathe, which also leads to less oxygen for humans.

Before the plants die they would release less and less water vapor, so clouds would decrease as well.

Effects of no carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Oddly this would influence the algae in oceans, they would die as well as land plants. This affects the weather because both clouds and the oceans are two major contributing factors into how weather acts.

Why does this matter?

Basically it would be very bad for the weather and human life if there was no CO2 in our air.

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WEATHER

BY FORREST TOCHE

WHAT IS THE STUDY OF WEATHER ?

The study of weather is called meteorology. These scientist study the average climates and weather conditions of different particular areas .

They may use instruments such as the doppler radar to detect weather conditions.

BUT WHAT ARE SOME FACTORS TO WEATHER?

The earth is tilted on a axis which means the amount of sunlight we get can be altered depending which side of the axis is showing towards the sun more.

This is what gives us our seasons in the weather. During these seasons a certain type of weather is more typical

HYDROSPSHERE

The hydrosphere is what consist of all water on earth. Which makes about 70% of the earth This water can be heated and evaporated into the air by the sun supplying different cloud types. These consist of Cirrus, Cirrocumulus, Cirrostratus, Stratocumulus, Stratus, Cumulus, Cumulonimbus.

These clouds form in the sky and are what give us rain as we all know and other forms of weather.

EL NINO

El Niño a change in the currents of the Pacific Ocean that occurs every few years and brings unusually warm water to the coast of northern South America.

Can also affect conditions in the weather causing disruptions in weather from typical conditions and occurs every few years.

PLANTS

Plants which play a huge role in the air we breathe also have an effect . They help remove CO2 which give us a more gaseous atmosphere which leads to global climate change not just warming. Meaning the extremes get more extreme.

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WORK CITED

"Weather Wiz Kids Weather Information for Kids." Weather Wiz Kids Weather Information for Kids. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2014.

"How the Sun Affects Weather Patterns on Earth." By Perry McCarney. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2014.

HOW STORMS GET THEIR ENERGY

Clay Gifford

Thunderstorms

The most common type of storm is the thunderstorm. This type of storm gets it’s energy when warm and cold air mix. The pressure pushes the warm air up and the cold air down. This warm air then fills up in clouds creating condensation. The condensation then falls as precipitation in the form of liquids or solids (frozen liquids). Thunder is the result of different electrical charges swirling around inside clouds.

Tornadoes Tornadoes get their energy from thunderstorms

mostly. The funnel of the tornado is created from two strong winds blowing in opposite directions, and the pressure of the warm and cold air masses mixing and then going in opposite directions.

Hurricanes Hurricanes get their energy when warm ocean

water heats the air above it, causing it to rise. Colder air takes it’s place, until it becomes warm and rises. The warm air then condenses into clouds which creates precipitation. The warm and cold air cycling builds up energy and pressure thus hurricanes are born.

Other Tropical Storms Hurricanes are just one example of tropical storms.

Others, such as typhoons and cyclones, form the same way hurricanes do, but can vary in size and strength. All tropical storms move west towards land. Once they hit land, the energy they get from the warm, humid, and moist air on the surface of the ocean is lost, and the storm dies down.

Storms Storms all have one thing in common when it comes to where

they get their energy and how they are formed. When warm and cool air mix, and the hot air rises, the pressure closer to earth lowers, and is filled with cooler air. Clouds then become filled with the warm air, which begins to cool once inside the cloud. This is how storms are fueled. Once this happens, it depends on multiple factors to determine what type of storm will follow, such as how strong the winds are, which direction they are blowing, and whether the storm formed over land or water.

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WeatherBy: Shannon King

Meteorology

Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere.

The Meteorological phenomena are weather events which are explained by the science of meteorology.

Those events are bound by these variables: temperature, air pressure, and water vapor.

Solar Energy

Solar Energy is radiant energy emitted by the sun.

The air mass coefficient defines the direct optical path length through the Earth’s atmosphere, and is used to help characterize the solar spectrum after solar radiation has traveled through the atmosphere.

How air masses form:

Air Masses are a body of air with horizontally uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure.

The Sun’s heat causes the air masses to circulate in the atmosphere, and it creates the differences in air pressure, creating winds.

Air masses move horizontally with the differences in pressure.

How air masses move:

Air masses move by the winds, which can be close to the ground or high like a jet stream.

When they begin to move, they take the weather of their source region with them.

Ex. If an air mass from the north moved to the south, it would begin to warm, but the temperatures would still be a lot colder than that region is used to.

Weather Fronts

A boundary that separates air masses with different density characteristics, and are the main cause of meteorological phenomena.

The air masses separated usually differ in temperature and humidity.