5+Big+Ideas

Here they are! **The 5 Big Ideas are REQUIRED for you**:

1. **Composition of Air**: Know about solid, liquid, gas--percentages of gases such as nitrogen, oxygen

2. **Layers of Atmosphere**: Learn the names, functions, heights, temperatures, pressure changes of the layers listed in the Science Standards.

3. **Solar Energy**: Learn about heat, energy, and types of heat transfer: conduction, convection, radiation.

4. **The Water Cycle**: Know the driving force and aspects: precipitation, condensation, and evaporation.

5. **Wind**: Lots of things to know here: What causes it? Why? Coriolis Effect. Global winds: westerlies, easterlies, trade winds, doldrums. Jet Stream. Sea Breeze vs Land Breeze.


 * And then, if you want to go even deeper into weather-land**:

6. **Weather Factors**: Air Temperature, pressure, wind, humidity.

7, **Clouds**: Classified by shape: stratus, cumulus, cirrus. Classified by altitude: prefixes of cirro-, alto-, nimbo-

8. **Weather Patterns**: Air masses: highs and lows. Fronts: cold and warm.

9. **Types of Precipitation, Storms and Severe Weather**: Thunderstorms, lightning/thunder, tornadoes, hurricane, blizzard.