Activity #4 - Atmospheric

Today in class we graphed the results of atmospheric temperatures. We simulated cloud coverage (the bottle's tops were painted white) versus non cloud coverage (bottle's tops were left clear) over land (soil), sea (room temperature water) and snow (white sand). Typically the bottles with the white-painted tops were of course lower in atmospheric temperature except for the bottle of white sand that was painted white. It was higher in temperature that it's counterpart and also rose increasingly faster. But it finally leveled off just under it's counter part. I attribute this to the inconsistency to the differences in the levels that the thermometers were placed in the "atmospheres". This experiment helped me see how atmosphere and cloud coverage would affect my climate.