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week 13 lab/lecture

                                    Week13 Lab/Lecture

  • Description of what we did in the lab?
    • Weather is day to day. 
    • The climate is the average of weather over thirty years. 
    • The climate is what you expect. Weather is what you get. 
    • Goldfinches will eventually go further north because of climate and precipitation. New state bird?
    • Eventually might get Missouris birds? 
    • Is the Loon going to Canada? Wild call. 
    • The world is getting hot, the world is going to shit, people, animals, plants are dying and people are getting sick. 
    • We wrote a very lovely worded email to tedward. \=]
  • The big question addressed in the lab? 
    • How do we know that the Goldfinch is in fanger in Iowa? 
    • What type of data do we have that supports that climate change is happening?

  • A description of what you learned in Thursday's lecture.
    • Kim K cares about the planet! 
    • Mark Moron is dumb. 
    • 1896 global warming was predicted. 
    • Carbon Dioxide is a greenhouse gas. New fact! 
    • L.O.W.E.R. Near Water
      • Latitude 
        • Places closer to the north and south poles= colder temperature
        • places near the equator have warmer temperatures. 
      • Ocean currents
        • The temperature of an ocean current affects the temperature of air that passes over it. 
      • Wind & Air Masses
        • An air mass is a large volume of air that takes on the climatic conditions of the area where it is formed.
      • Elevation
        • The higher in altitude, the colder in temperature. 
        • As the air expands, it cools. 
        • As the air rises, it expands because of the lower air pressure. 
      • Relief 
        • precipitation is created when an air mass rises to cross a mountain barrier.
        • An adiabatic process is one in which no heat is gained or lost by the system. 
      • Near Water 
        • In the summer the water acts like an air conditioner to keep the air temperature cool. 
        • In the winter water acts like a heater to keep the temperatures from getting too cold. 
        • Continental climate (away from water) 
        • Maritime climate (closer to water) 
    • Albedo Effect- Cold sinks convictions currents. 
    • Driving question- 
      • How does climate change affect the sea level? 
    • Paris Agreement
      • An international treaty on climate change was created to limit global warming to a change of 2 degrees Celsius we have already warmed 1 degree Celsius since pre-industrial times
      • includes 195 nations that meet together every 5 years to discuss progress toward goals
      • Adopted on December 12, 2015 
    • California owns Colorado Waters. 


  • Answer questions about the weekly textbook reading:
  • What did you learn?
    • greenhouse gases are made up of 4 gasses. 
  • What was most helpful?
    • The video that NASA created talks about the world's gas problem. 
  • What do you need more information on?
    • What happens with the energy being radiated back into space?
  • What questions/concerns/comments do you have?
    • How did they find out what gases were in our atmosphere and in greenhouse gases? 

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