In This Lesson You Will...

  • Explain how the jet stream brings weather across the country.
  • List ways that weather variables might act as limiting factors, which can affect living things, specifically fish.
  • Summarize ways fishermen can increase their catch based on weather conditions.

SC.6.E.7.3: Describe how global patterns such as the jet stream and ocean currents influence local weather in measurable terms such as temperature, air pressure, wind direction and speed, and humidity and precipitation.
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SC.7.L.17.3: Describe and investigate various limiting factors in the local ecosystem and their impact on native populations, including food, shelter, water, space, disease, parasitism, predation, and nesting sites.
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