Study Guide and Outline Notes

Study Guide on Temperature Differences and Global Warming
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Study Questions

Temperature Differences
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Practice Quizzes

After completing the reading assignment and exploring the Web resources and study guide, review what you have learned with these quizzes:

 
Temperature Differences Multiple Choice Quiz
 

Quizzes, Tarbuck and Lutgens, Chapter 16, Key Concepts 5

Quizzes, Tarbuck and Lutgens, Chapter 20, Key Concepts 3

Web Exploration

Berkeley Weather
Check today's temperature and weather conditions in Berkeley from the Weather Underground.
 

Berkeley, California Temperature Records
Average Minimum Temperature
Average Maximum Temperature
Average Temperatures

Online Textbook
For an in-depth discussion of temperature, explore the following topics from
Michael Pidwirny's online text:

The Concept of Temperature
Daily and Annual Cycles of Temperature
Global Surface Temperature
Causes of Climate Change
El Nino, La Nina and the Southern Oscillation

Current Temperature Map of the United States
Examine the current temperature map for the United States and work out reasons for the differences in temperature that you observe.  Consider such factors as latitude, proximity to the ocean, altitude, and winds.

Current Weather from USA Today
Examine the colorful map of temperatures from USA Today.  Find out the weather forecast for any state or city in the United States.  Learn the hows and whys of weather from USAToday's outstanding library of animated graphics.

Forecasting Temperatures
Find out how to forecast temperatures using this interactive guide.   Clear, bold diagrams show how clouds, winds, advection, and snow cover affect temperatures.

Why is summer so cool in the San Francisco?
A USAToday animation shows why Fall is warmer than summer in San Francisco.

Temperature Conversion Calculator
What are the Centigrade, Celsius, Kelvin, and Fahrenheit temperature scales? Convert from one scale to another using this handy conversion calculator from the Institude of Chemistry in Berlin, Germany.

Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect

EPA Global Warming
The Enviornmental Protection Agency (EPA) created a site that looks at climate change and greenhouse gas emissions.
EPA Climate Change
The newest site of the EPA discusses other causes of climate change.
NOAA Global Warming
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) site is a good place to get answers to most of your questions about the greenhouse effect and global warming.
Climate Science Links
USAToday provides an up-to-date list of links concerning climate change.
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
More about Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect.

California Climate Change
Learn more about the potential impacts of climate change in California and what is being done about it at this Web site.
Read the excellent report, "Our Changing Climate - Assessing the Risks to California".
At this Web site, you have the option to download the report in an Acrobat PDF file.

What's Up With The Weather?
PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), "Nova" and "Frontline", investigate the science and politics of the global warming controversy.

Urban Heat Islands
NASA examines the results from the Urban Heat Island Project

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