Global Warming Exists~what?! *Sarcasm* :D Climate change resulted in more snowfall in Buffalo, NY making it a miserable winter. Relating these changes to chapter 11 in a molecular way provides us with the understanding of how these minute but significant changes affect us. Since the Great Lakes are above average temperature in winter, the lake does not freeze over for the long periods like it used to. When the frozen periods are shortened, the water remains in the liquid state longer, which results in the ability of the molecules to vibrate. The vibration causes the molecules to move around and begin to evaporate into the atmosphere around the lake. The evaporation forms storm cells, which brought Buffalo an unwanted gift this past winter. Since the water is in a liquid state compared to its solid state, it is easier for the molecules to break their intermolecular forces and evaporate into the atmosphere; this makes the storm front more severe than it normally would have been if the lake had been frozen over. I guess we have two options: we'll just have to ask "Elsa" to freeze the lakes over each winter or learn how to make igloos and walk in snowshoes.*sarcasm again* On a serious note, these weather patterns and what causes them cannot be ignored and gaining insight into the problem is extremely important.
this relates to chapter 11 in many ways. When describing the lake effect, the warmer air above the lake surges upwards and inexchange brings large amounts of evaporated moisture. As water gets warmer, it reaches the point of evaporation, which leads to these large dumps of snow that come from the colder air. This warmer weather means that these lake stay in the liquid state much longer, leading to the lake effect that is being seen across the nation.
Global Warming Exists~what?! *Sarcasm* :D Climate change resulted in more snowfall in Buffalo, NY making it a miserable winter. Relating these changes to chapter 11 in a molecular way provides us with the understanding of how these minute but significant changes affect us. Since the Great Lakes are above average temperature in winter, the lake does not freeze over for the long periods like it used to. When the frozen periods are shortened, the water remains in the liquid state longer, which results in the ability of the molecules to vibrate. The vibration causes the molecules to move around and begin to evaporate into the atmosphere around the lake. The evaporation forms storm cells, which brought Buffalo an unwanted gift this past winter. Since the water is in a liquid state compared to its solid state, it is easier for the molecules to break their intermolecular forces and evaporate into the atmosphere; this makes the storm front more severe than it normally would have been if the lake had been frozen over. I guess we have two options: we'll just have to ask "Elsa" to freeze the lakes over each winter or learn how to make igloos and walk in snowshoes.*sarcasm again* On a serious note, these weather patterns and what causes them cannot be ignored and gaining insight into the problem is extremely important.
ReplyDeletethis relates to chapter 11 in many ways. When describing the lake effect, the warmer air above the lake surges upwards and inexchange brings large amounts of evaporated moisture. As water gets warmer, it reaches the point of evaporation, which leads to these large dumps of snow that come from the colder air. This warmer weather means that these lake stay in the liquid state much longer, leading to the lake effect that is being seen across the nation.
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