OCEANS EFFECTS ON WEATHER & CLIMATE

Brittaney Molden

• Content Area: Science• Grade Level: 5• Summary: The purpose of this instructional PowerPoint is to

help the students understand the physical characteristics and the chemical makeup of the atmosphere, and how it influences the surface processes and life on Earth.

• Learning Objective: websites that contains facts about the ocean and the effects it has on weather and climate, students will need to interpret the material within the website to answer the questions within the power point with 100 percent accuracy.

• Content Standard: SPI 0507.8.1 Describe the effects of the oceans on weather and climate.

Accomplishment:3. Research and information fluency Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. b. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media

FACTSGo to this website to explore important facts on the Oceans and climate NASA's Climate Kids :: What is happening in the ocean?

Why is the Ocean Important?

The ocean covers 70% of Earth's surfaceThe ocean contains about 97% of all the water on Earth.One big part of its role is to soak up energy (heat) and distribute it more evenly around the Earth. Another part is to soak up CO2.

WHAT ROLE DOES CO2 PLAY?Carbon Dioxide (CO2):

•     Carbon dioxide is entirely made up of carbon and oxygen and accounts for 54.7% of the major greenhouse gases from peoples activities. CO2 originates from a natural processes such as respiration and volcano eruptions though it can just as well originate from human activities such as the burning of gasoline and other fossil fuels used to produce electricity and heat buildings.

• Watch this video to learn more about the Carbon Cycle. http://youtu.be/U3SZKJVKRxQ

THE OCEAN AFFECTS CLIMATE & WEATHER

Majority of the sun’s radiation is absorbed by the ocean

The ocean acts a as massive, heat-retaining solar panel. Earth’s atmosphere also plays a part in this process, helping to retain heat that would otherwise quickly radiate into space after sunset

Ocean water is constantly evaporating, increasing the temperature and humidity of the surrounding air to form rain and storms that are then carried by trade winds, often vast distances.

Weather patterns are driven largely by ocean currents

Ocean currents act much like a conveyer belt, transporting warm water and precipitation from the equator toward the poles and cold water from the poles back to the tropics.

Currents regulate global climate, helping to counteract the uneven distribution of solar radiation reaching Earth’s surface.

Go the the website listed below to explore important facts on how the ocean affects the climate

How does the ocean affect climate and weather on land?

VIDEO• Watch this video Ocean

Circulation: Patterns & Effect on Climate at the website provided on this slide. You will need to take notes from this selected video to help with questions later in this lesson.

• Ocean Circulation: Patterns & Effect on Climate - Video & Lesson Transcript | Education Portal#lesson

• Note: you can pause the videos so you can take quality notes if the videos are moving too fast.

QUESTION 1

Ocean water is good at holding, which of the following?

air

heat tides

Debris

CORRECT

WELL DONE LETS MOVE ON TO THE NEXT

QUESTION!!!

Oops! That’s Wrong! Try Again? Yes No

QUESTION 2 What are weather patterns driven by?

air heat

currents None of the above

CORRECT

WELL DONE LETS MOVE ON TO THE NEXT

QUESTION!!!

QUESTION 3 Currents are influenced by which

factors?Rotation of the

earth

All of the above

wind

temperature

CONGRATS THIS IS THE END OF THE QUIZ!!!!!!!

SUMMARYThe world’s ocean is crucial to heating the planet. The ocean

doesn't just store solar radiation; it also helps to distribute heat around the globe. When water molecules are heated, they exchange freely with the air in a process called evaporation. . Ocean currents act much like a conveyer belt, transporting warm water and precipitation from the equator toward the poles and cold water from the poles back to the tropics. Therefore, currents regulate global climate, helping to counteract the uneven distribution of solar radiation reaching Earth’s surface. Without currents, regional temperatures would be more extreme super hot at the equator and frigid toward the poles, and much less of Earth’s land would be habitable.

WORKS CITEDSlide 5 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/OceanClimate/Images/biochem_atmos.gif

Slide 3 http://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/oceanography/ocean-earth-system/Slide 10 http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/news/20030903/Slide 7 https://sites.google.com/a/pvlearners.net/ivette-jimenez/ecosystems-assignments

Slide 4 https://sites.google.com/a/pvlearners.net/ivette-jimenez/ecosystems-assignments