7th Grade Science: Weather and Climate Prove It Self Assessment

Unit: Weather and Climate

Essential Questions:
What is the source of energy for the water cycle?
What are the components and processes of the water cycle?
How are winds and ocean currents produced?
How does climate compare to weather?
How does the Sun produce energy and how is the Earth affected?
What causes different weather conditions?
What is the composition of the atmosphere?
Learning Target:
I can explain the water cycle and describe each of the stages. This means I
can explain how evaporation, transpiration, condensation, and precipitation work
together to form a cycle. This also means I can explain the concept of humidity
at any stage of the water cycle and its relationship to temperature.
(E.ES.07.81)

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Prove it:

I can draw or create a model of the water cycle. See above for descriptors.
(E.ES.07.11)

Prove it:

I can describe the flow of the hydrosphere. This means I can connect how
water hits the Earths surface and flows over the land and through the
lithosphere and collects in a variety of places (oceans, streams, lakes, ponds,
underground aquifers etc). (E.ES.07.82)

Prove it:

I can identify the similarities and differences between weather and climate.
(E.ES.07.71)

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Prove it:

I can compare and contrast the composition of the atmosphere at different

elevations. This means I can describe the activities and temperature of each
layer. (E.FE.07.12)

Prove it:

I can describe the atmosphere as a mixture of gases. This means I can

identify what each layer of the atmosphere is made up of. I can also describe the
activities and temperature of each layer and the order of the layers through the
atmosphere. (E.FE.07.11)

Prove it:

I can describe how the sun warms the air and the water to create
convection currents in the form of wind and ocean currents. This means I can
explain why the air and the ocean move. (E.ES.07.13)

Prove it:

I can describe how the convection currents in the atmosphere cause

different weather and climate conditions. This means I can describe the four
air masses, the types of weather the air masses bring with them, and describe
where each of the air masses formed. (E.ES.07.72)

Prove it:

I can explain how the temperatures of the ocean affects the weather and
climate on Earth. This means I can explain how the air masses move in
relationship to the temperatures of the water. (E.ES.07.73)

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Prove it:

I can use weather maps and current weather conditions to forecast the
weather. This means:
I can describe the 4 fronts what causes each one; the weather that
follows each front; the way the front appears on a weather map.
I can describe the weather that is associated with the three main cloud
types and I can describe the meaning of the prefixes and suffixes in
cloud names.
I can describe how air masses (including the jet stream) move across
North America. (E.ES.07.74)

Prove it:

Did you use all of the vocabulary?

Convection
Condensation
Evaporation
Transpiration
Precipitation
Dew Point
Stratus
-nimbo, -nimbus
StratoJet Stream
Weather
La Nina
Ionosphere
Stratosphere

Humidity
Relative Humidity
Runoff
Groundwater
Infiltration
Front
Cirrus
Cumulus
CirroWater Vapor
Currents
Atmosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere

Occluded Front
Stationary Front
Warm Front
Cold Front
Air Mass
Barometric Pressure
Weather Map
Forecasting
Water Cycle
Climate
El Nino
Exosphere
Ozonosphere
Troposphere

 Magnetosphere