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Weather and Climate 12

Nature of Science:Eyes on Earth 12

Chapter 1 The Atmosphere 16

1 The Air Around You 18

2 Integrating Environmental Science:Air Quality 24

3 Air Pressure 29

4 Layers of the Atmosphere 35

Chapter 2 Weather Factors 44

1 Energy in the Atmosphere 46

2 Integrating Physics:Heat Transfer 52

3 Winds 56

4 Water in the Atmosphere 65

5 Precipitation 71

Chapter 3 Weather Patterns 78

1 Air Masses and Fronts 80

2 Storms 87

3 Integrating Health:Floods 99

4 Predicting the Weather 103

Chapter 4 Climate and Climate Change 114

1 What Causes Climate? 116

2 Climate Regions 126

3 Long-Term Changes in Climate 138

4 Integrating Environmental Science:Global Changes in the Atmosphere 143

Interdisciplinary Exploration:Antarctica 150

Reference Section 156

Skills Handbook 156

Think Like a Scientist 156

Making Measurements 158

Conducting a Scientific Investigation 160

Thinking Critically 162

Organizing Information 164

Creating Data Tables and Graphs 166

Appendix A:Laboratory Safety 169

Glossary 172

Index 175

Acknowledgments 179

Inquiry Activities 17

CHAPTER PROJECT 17

Opportunities for long-term inquiry 17

Chapter 1:Watching the Weather 17

Chapter 2:Your Own Weather Station 45

Chapter 3:The Weather Tomorrow 79

Chapter 4:Investigating Microclimates 115

DISCOVER 18

Exploration and inquiry before reading 18

How Long Will the Candle Burn? 18

What's On the Jar? 24

Does Air Have Mass? 29

Is Air There? 35

Does a Plastic Bag Trap Heat? 46

What Happens When Air Is Heated? 52

Which Way Does the Wind Turn? 56

How Does Fog Form? 65

How Can You Make Hail? 71

How Do Fluids of Different Densities Behave? 80

Can You Make a Tornado? 87

What Causes Floods? 99

What's the Weather? 103

How Does Earth's Shape Affect Climate Zones? 116

What Are Different Climate Types? 126

What Story Can Tree Rings Tell? 138

What Is the Greenhouse Effect? 143

Sharpen your Skills 26

Practice of specific science inquiry skills 26

Predicting 26

Interpreting Data 67

Calculating 73

Classifying 85

Communicating 100

Interpreting Data 106

Inferring 119

Classifying 133

TRY Tuis 20

Reinforcement of key concepts 20

Breathe In,Breathe Out 20

Soda-Bottle Barometer 31

Temperatures at Two Heights 54

Build a Wind Vane 57

Lightning Distances 88

Modeling a Humid Climate 131

It's Your Skin! 145

Skills Lab 32

In-depth practice of inquiry skills 32

Working Under Pressure 32

Heating Earth's Surface 50

Reading a Weather Map 110

Sunny Rays and Angles 124

Real-World Lab 22

Everyday application of science concepts 22

How Clean Is the Air? 22

Where's the Wind? 58

Tracking a Hurricane 96

Cool Climate Graphs 136

Interdisciplinary Activities 38

Science and History 38

Explorers of the Atmosphere 38

Weather That Changed History 90

Science and Society 28

Cars and Clean Air 28

Hurricane Alert:To Stay or Not To Stay? 98

Connection 19

Language Arts 19

Social Studies 62

Visual Arts 94

Math Toolbox 122

Social Studies 141