Explanation of the unit

6/03/2020
 
 
Today we have continued with the unit. The concepts explained have been the following: air temperature, factors of temperature, air pressure , humidity and wind.

Air temperature: We can measure irt with a thermometer.
1. Differential heating of land and water
2. Ocean currents
3. Altitude
4. Geographic position
5. Cloud and albedo


Air pressure: We can measure it with a barometer.
Force per unit area (pressure) exerted into a surface by air around that surface.

 
 
Humidity: We can measure it with a hygrometer.
Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air (mixing ration, relative humidity, dew point temperature)
 
 
Wind: We can measure it with anemometer
Horizontal movement of the air. It flows from areas of higher pressure to areas of lower pressure: pressure balance.
 

 
 
This class has been very interesting as we have learnt some basic concepts which are fundamental to understand our environment. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



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