Friday, December 13, 2013

Its All Connected

1. We can see that the direction of the currents in the ocean. We know that the wind influences the direction of the surface because the ocean has many different currents and wind flows causing the direction of the surface currents.
2. I see that the global mainly flow into the equator or into eachother they never really go outward.
3. I think that the currents flowing toward the equator  are generally cooler because of the tropics and the weather change.

Friday, December 6, 2013

Which way the winds blow

 Explain what causes Earth's uneven heating, and contrast angled light rays with direct light rays. Reference a model that helps clarify this concept. Write an opinion statement about what you learned from the "Global Wind Patterns" activity.  Minimum three to five sentences. 
Earth uneven heating is caused from many different reasons. One reason is because of the earths shape. There is no way that we can have even heat.  The angle of the suns rays makes it so that the sun heats different parts of the earth at differnt times. We used a flash light and a piece of paper to show that when we hold the flash ray straight at the paper there is much more sun. When we angle it it showed how the sun is more spread out.


Explain how and why the Earth's rotation affects the movement of air and water masses. Describe a model that helps people understand this. Define the coriolis effect and the Hadley cells. Explain why most deserts are found at 30 degrees N or S latitude. Minimum four to six sentences.
Hadly cells and corolis cells are what divide the trophsphere. They help with the air circulations. Most deserts are found 30 degress N or S because of the winds.