Atmosphere
Virginia SOL ESII.7
Investigate and understand that the atmosphere is a complex, dynamic system that drives climate, weather, and air quality patterns.
What students need to be able to do
- Make, support, and evaluate a claim about how atmospheric changes affect multiple Earth systems.
- Propose a solution or design a device that addresses a problem involving air quality.
- Predict weather conditions by analyzing prevailing wind patterns and air mass interactions.
- Evaluate the merits and limitations of models to explain relationships and predict local weather.
- Predict potential changes in the future climate by analyzing long-term climate data.
- Make, support, and evaluate a claim about how natural atmospheric events and human activities affect global climate.
- Predict how atmospheric conditions due to climate change affect a specific ecosystem.