What Is a Heat Wave? - Vocabulary

What Is a Heat Wave?

Vocabulary

Have you ever heard the saying "It's so ​hot you could fry an egg on the sidewalk"? Sometimes the temperature soars so high, it feels as if the sun could singe the hair on top pf your head. When the weather is unusually hot and sticky for a long period of time, it is called a heat wave.

Find the meaning of the words in yellow

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct meaning of the word: singe

• movable pointer that shows wind direction

• caused a change in

• line along which the earth and sky seem to meet

• figured incorrectly

• to burn slightly

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct meaning of the word: horizon

• movable pointer that shows wind direction

• caused a change in

• line along which the earth and sky seem to meet

• figured incorrectly

• to burn slightly

Heat waves can last for a few days or for as long as several weeks. They are caused when large masses of hot air get stuck over a particular region - and don't budge.

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Such hot weather can be dangerous - even deadly​. People, animals, crops can all be seriously affected. For example, too much heat can make you sick by forcing your body to work extra hard.

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct meaning of the word: affected

• movable pointer that shows wind direction

• caused a change in

• line along which the earth and sky seem to meet

• figured incorrectly

• to burn slightly

There are some more words that you need to pay attention in this story

Answer the questions on the next part

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct meaning of the word: miscalculated

• movable pointer that shows wind direction

• caused a change in

• line along which the earth and sky seem to meet

• figured incorrectly

• to burn slightly

Multiple Choice

Which picture below shows weather vane?

Let's check whether you remember our important words or not

Fill in the blank with the words given in the wordbank