Unit+10+Atmospheric+Science,+Air+Pollution,+&+Climate+Change


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Laws:
Clean Air Act Copenhagen Protocol Kyoto Protocol Montreal Protocol

Notes:
|| =Unit 10: Atmospheric Science, Air Pollution, & Climate Change=

Readings:
Chapter 17 Chapter 18

Goals: Atmospheric Science

 * Describe the composition, structure, and function of Earth's atmosphere
 * Explain how latitudinal differences, the Coriolis Effect, and Hadley Cells cause air to cycle
 * Compare warm and cold fronts
 * Explain thermal inversions
 * identify major molecular components of air
 * be able to give the percentages of the major components

Goals: Air Pollution

 * Outline the scope of outdoor air pollution and assess potential solutions
 * Give examples of natural causes of air pollution
 * Explain atmospheric ozone depletion and identify steps take to address it
 * Compare Tropospheric Ozone to Stratospheric Ozone
 * Define acidic deposition and illustrate its consequences
 * Explain how types of smog form
 * Characterize the scope of indoor air pollution and assess potential solutions
 * Identify major molecular components of air pollution

Goals: Climate Change

 * Describe the Earth's climate system and explain the many factors influencing global climate
 * Characterize human influences on the atmosphere and global climate
 * Summarize modern methods of climate research
 * Outline current and future trends and impacts of global climate change
 * Suggest ways we may respond to climate change

Skills:
|| Disasters Game Tonawanda, N.Y.
 * ==Extras==

Noise Pollution
Noise Stresses Whales

Atmospheric Science
Interactive Layers of the Atmosphere Ineractive Atmosphere NASA Mapping Wind Currents

Air Pollution
Clean Air Act @ The EPA Air Attack Interactive Ozone Maker Live Houston Ozone Levels Sick Building Syndrome

Smog
Smog City Photochemical Smog Heat Island Effect Heat Island Effect @ EPA Houston's Smog Problem

Indoor Air Pollution
Indoor Air Pollution Energy Poverty Kills

ENSO
El Nino & La Nina La Nina linked to Influenza

Hole in the Ozone
How Ozone Works NOAA's History of the Montreal Protocol

Global Warming & Climate Change
Global Warming Tree Atlas of Climate Change Feeding the World & Climate Change 131 Years of Climate Change in 20 seconds Frontline: Heat Arctic Warming Mean More Snow? Climate Change Means more Disease Ocean Acidification Oceans & Methane Rick Santorum on the Environment || ==Assignments==

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