Weather

Essential Questions

How are people’s lives affected by the weather where they live and the climate of their region?
Why is sunlight important to life on earth?
How does the sun’s energy get distributed around the earth?
How does weather affect people, plants, and animals?
How do variations in the amount of sunlight that reaches the earth cause the weather?
How do the movements of water affect the earth and its systems?
How are weather forecasts helpful to people?
How are weather and climate influenced by interactions involving sunlight, the ocean, the atmosphere, landforms, and living things?
How does all weather begin with the sun?
How is weather related to water?