weather patterns and climate

Weather types, Clouds,
Understanding Climate

Weather

In ancient times, people looked
to the night skies and watched
the stars and planets as they
moved throughout the year.
These same people watched the
skies during the day, too. Doing
so, they became familiar with
weather patterns that affected
their everyday lives.

Even in early days people were
able to use signs to predict the
weather.

Multiple Choice

In the early days before meteorologists were people able to predict the weather?

• Yes

• No

What does our
weather depend on?

Our weather depends on three
factors: air, sunshine, and water.
Sunshine carries heat to Earth.
When air gets warm, it rises. Then,
it starts moving as wind. Wind
carries water and clouds and
spreads them around to make
weather all over Earth.

Meteorologists are scientists who
study weather

Multiple Choice

What is a scientist that studies weather called?

• climatologist

• meteorologist

• cloudologist

• weatherologist

Multiple Choice

What three things does the weather depend?

• air, sunshine, heat

• air, sunshine, water

• air, clouds, sunshine

• air, heat rain

Clouds

Clouds are condensed water vapor that
comes in many forms. Identifying clouds
can help you forecast the weather. (Video)

Multiple Choice

What are clouds made from?

• liquid salt

• condensed water vapor

• thin air

• nitrogen and oxygen

Weather Patterns

If you live in the same town or region for
a long time, you will experience yearly
patterns in the weather, called weather
patterns. For example, you may notice a
rainy season every year, or you may
know which months you can expect
warm weather or snow.

The weather often determines what you
do, where you go, and what type of
clothes you will wear, so it's helpful to
understand it. Weather patterns are part
of the climate, or the average weather
for an area over the course of a year or
so. An area's climate can be hot or cool,
wet or dry. Whatever it is, climate causes
changes on Earth and in how we live.
The landforms and other conditions of
the place where you live, in turn, affect
the climate in which you live. Climate and
place are related.

Match

Match the following

• Match me with #3

• Average weather over the course of a year

• yearly patterns in weather

#3

Climate

weather patterns

• #3

• Climate

• weather patterns

Multiple Choice

What is climate?

• The average weather patterns over the course of a year

• The weather for a specific day.

• The weather forecast for the week.

​Many things affect the Climate of an area

Your latitude is a very important factor that affects climate! Latitude is the measure of how far a place is from the equator. The closer an area is to the equator, the hotter its climate. Areas near the equator get more direct sunlight than the rest of Earth. Along with latitude, mountains, water, wind and altitude affect the climate too. Altitude is the elevation of a place, or how high it is above sea level.

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Multiple Choice

What is Latitude?

• How far the sun is from earth.

• How far a place is from the north or south pole.

• How far a place is from the equator.

• How close the sun is to the water on earth.

Multiple Choice

What is altitude?

• How far a place is from the equator

• How far a place is from the top of a mountain

• How high a place is above sea level.

Multiple Choice

What five things have a major affect on the climate?

• clouds, snow, water

• water, altitude, latitude, wind, mountains

• Water, Air, earth, sun

• Water, Latitude, Grass, Rocks

Multiple Choice

A person that studies climate is called?

• meteorologist

• weatherologist

• climatologist

• cloudologist