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Unit 3 Weather Lesson 49 Worksheet Living By Chemistry 2e Teacher's Resource Materials © 2015 W.H. Freeman and Company/BFW Weather or Not Weather Science Name Date Period Purpose To explore weather maps in order to understand what causes the weather. Instructions These weather maps are from a day in early March. Use them to look for relationships between and among the factors that affect the weather. Part 1: Weather Variables 1. Describe the type of information is given on each of the six weather maps? Temperature Highs: Cloud Cover: Precipitation: Jet Stream: Fronts: Air Pressure: 2. Describe the weather according to your maps in the locations listed here. Include the temperature, cloud cover, and precipitation. a. Pacific Northwest b. Southeastern United States c. Great Lakes region 3. Place the weather map transparencies on top of each other to compare more than one variable. List at least six patterns you notice. LESSON 49 ACTIVITY 70 60 50 40 30 20 10
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Unit 3 Weather Lesson49 Worksheet
Living By Chemistry 2e Teacher's Resource Materials © 2015 W.H. Freeman and Company/BFW
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Weather or NotWeather Science
Name
Date Period
PurposeTo explore weather maps in order to understand what causes the weather.
InstructionsThese weather maps are from a day in early March. Use them to look for relationships between and among the factors that affect the weather.
Part 1: Weather Variables1. Describe the type of information is given on each of the six weather maps?
Temperature Highs:
Cloud Cover:
Precipitation:
Jet Stream:
Fronts:
Air Pressure:
2. Describe the weatheraccording to your maps in thelocations listed here. Includethe temperature, cloud cover,and precipitation.
a. Pacific Northwest
b. Southeastern United States
c. Great Lakes region
3. Place the weather map transparencies on top of each other to compare more than onevariable. List at least six patterns you notice.
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Living By Chemistry 2e Teacher's Resource Materials © 2015 W.H. Freeman and Company/BFW
Unit 3 Weather Lesson 49 Worksheet
Example: Where there are H’s there are no clouds.
Part 2: Analysis1. In the jet stream, air moves swiftly generally from west to east at high altitudes across
the United States. How is the weather north of the jet stream different from theweather south of the jet stream?
2. Name a state where it may rain tomorrow. Provide your reasoning.
3. Describe in your own words what you think a front is.
4. What specific weather patterns are associated with the H’s and L’s on the map?
5. Making Sense Use the weather maps of the United States to forecast the weatherfor your hometown or a location specified by your teacher. List the current conditionsalong with your forecast for the next day.
6. If You Finish Early Which of the maps can you use to decide whether it is a sunnyday in a certain place? Explain your thinking.
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