Is There Dirt In My Air?

Is There Dirt In My Air?

WHY? question_guy

Smoke and other gases rise upwards into the cold air of the earth's atmosphere. But if there is a layer of warm air below the cold, smoke and fumes will be trapped in it. This happens in your jar, just as dirty smog is trapped by the layer of warm air over a city.

ASSESSMENT: Can the student communicate what they observed?

question_guy

two Student is able to communicate that smoke and other gases rising up with warm air into the colder air of our atmosphere, the fumes will be trapped and this is how smog is created.

two Student is abler to communicate that the rising gases will be trapped in our atmosphere creating smog.

two Student will be able to communicate that a dirty cloud is produced and it is smog.

two Student is able to communicate that the flame on the paper was put out by covering the lid of the jar and smoke was left.

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