weather and climate change lab

Read “Lab 5: Weather and Climate Change.” This lab will allow you to explore the water cycle through the creation of an ecosystem model. Additionally, you will observe how water moves throughout the environment and is affected by weather patterns. Then, you will utilize this information and your eScience lab kit to complete Demonstration 1and Experiment 1 on the Week Five Lab Reporting Form. Make sure to complete all of the following items before submission:

1. Read through the introductory material.
2. Perform Demonstration 1: Modeling the Water Cycle using your eScience lab manual and kit. 
3. Answer Post Lab Questions 1 through 4 in complete sentences on the Week Five Lab Reporting Form.
4. Complete Experiment 1: Water Movement using your eScience lab manual and kit.
5. Answer Post Lab Questions 1 through 5 in complete sentences on the Week Five Lab Reporting Form.

Lab 5 – Weather and Climate Change

Lab 5 - Demonstration 1: Modeling the Water Cycle

In this experiment you will observe how entrapped water moves from land to the atmosphere and determine how weather conditions affect this movement.

POST-LAB QUESTIONS

1.      Which water cycle processes are represented in this model, and what component of the model represents that process?

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2.      Which processes are not represented? Propose a change to the model in which two of these processes would be included.

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3.      How would the processes in question 1 be altered by an increase or decrease in temperature?

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Experiment 1: Assessing Infiltration

In this experiment, you will observe how entrapped water moves from land to the atmosphere and determine how weather conditions affect this movement.

POST-LAB QUESTIONS

1.      Develop a hypothesis predicting the effect of sunlight on evaporation.

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2.      Would you reject or accept your hypothesis? Why?

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3.      What parts of the water cycle are represented in this experiment?

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4.      How would adding more sand to the bag affect the amount of water vapor released?

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5.      As a period of drought begins, how would infiltration and condensation change initially? What would happen to these two processes as the drought continues over time?

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References

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