Weather and climate experiments
Pamela Walker, Elaine WoodFacts on File, c2010
1 online resource (xviii, 148 p.) : col. ill., col. maps.
電子資源
| 館藏地 | 索書號 | 現狀 |
|---|---|---|
| ebooks / online materials | 551.63 WAL | Available |
- Provides students and teachers with the tools needed to explore various computer science experiments. Topics covered include investigations of the effects of water's high heat capacity on temperatures, worldwide weather phenomena, and the levels of two weather and climate factors that are impacted by human activities.
- The heat-retaining properties of water and soil
- Student-constructed weather stations
- How are snowflakes formed?
- Modeling El Nino
- Factors that affect evaporative rates
- Sources of carbon dioxide in the air
- Levels of ultraviolet radiation in local ecosystems
- Variables that affect cloud formation
- What type of hair makes the most accurate hygrometer?
- How does distance affect solar energy absorption?
- When fronts collide
- How do tornadoes form?
- Temperature and barometric pressure
- How does topography affect flash flooding?
- How accurate are weather predictions?
- How much dew forms at night?
- Does sunset color vary with weather conditions?
- A custom temperature scale
- A convection box
- Intensity of insolation.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Climatology -- Experiments
- Weather -- Experiments
- Weather -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- Activity programs
- Weather -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Activity programs
- New York : Facts on File
- 9781438129075 (electronic book)
- http://library.twghwfns.edu.hk/opac/bib/ALem
TWGHs Wong Fut Nam College