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Why Do We Have Weather?

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Convection is offered as the reason behind our weather phenomena. This presentation assumes that viewers are familiar with the methods of heat transfer, and is therefore more geared toward middle-school meteorologists. The focus is on the intertropical convergence zone, the Coriolis effect, pressure systems, and fronts. A ten-question quiz is given at the end of this visually stimulating and thorough PowerPoint.

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air mass, air, weather patterns, weather, meteorology, convection, the coriolis effect

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convection, weather patterns, air masses, coriolis effect, fronts, convergence zone, science
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Number of Slides
44

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