How is the atmosphere like a fluid?

By the end of the lesson you will be able to describe satellite

images and photographs

How many layers?

The rock here is made of sandstone

The wind usually blows

in one direction

Tiny grains of sand are

removed from the rock by the

wind

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bd/The_Wave.jpg

Explain how the atmosphere has created the Wave in Arizona, USA.

The atmosphere has created the …….. in Arizona, USA. The wave …….. been created by nothing more …….. the wind. When the wind blows ………. the sandstone rock, it picks ……… tiny grains of sand that ………. away at the surface of the ………., continually wearing it ………...

What can we observe in this image?What do you think is happening?

40 million tones of dust is transported from the Sahara to the

Amazon each year!

How is the atmosphere like a fluid?

By the end of the lesson you will be able to describe satellite

images and photographs