Lesson 6 of 7 · Weather and Climate

Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌋 Rock Realm

What Makes One Place Wetter Than Another

🧪Lab Brief #6

Weather and Climate.

🎯 Your mission

Set it up. Test it. Be amazed.

⚡ The twist

The slowest changes are the biggest ones.

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Mind = Blown

🪨 Every grain of sand on every beach used to be a mountain.

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Make a hypothesis first

Predict: which will erode faster?

What You'll Learn

Distance from the sea, height above sea level, and which way the prevailing wind blows all shape a local climate. That is why one side of a small island can be lush and the other nearly bare.

Key Words

Tap a word to see its definition.

Materials Needed

climate data tables
graph paper
map

Safety First

Have an adult check your set-up before you start, and tidy everything away afterwards.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Read the explanation above and note the two key terms before you start.

Step 2 — Do

Compare rainfall and temperature data for four places at similar latitude but different altitude and distance from the sea. Rank them and explain each position using the two factors.

Step 3 — Observe

Record what actually happened, including anything that did not match what you expected.

Step 4 — Record

Write a conclusion that answers the question this lesson opened with, and state your uncertainty.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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As altitude increases, temperature generally:

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

Today's weather, tomorrow's beach, next century's coastline — all this.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Look at the sky for 5 minutes and try to predict tomorrow's weather.

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For the dinner table

“What's the slowest change you can think of?”

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