Patterns in the Atmosphere

Module: Weather Impacts (Unit 4: Observing Weather)

Lesson 1- Weather patterns

Atmosphere

• A blanket of gases that surround Earth.

Multiple Choice

• A blanket of gases that surround Earth.

• termometer

• atmosphere

• water cycle

Weather

• What the air is like at a certain time and place.

• We use air  temperature, precipitation, wind and air pressure to describe weather.

Precipitation

• water that falls to the ground from the atmosphere.

Multiple Choice

• What the air is like at a certain time and place.

• rain

• atmosphere

• weather

Multiple Choice

Precipitation

• • A blanket of gases that surround Earth.

• when the air is cold

• • water that falls to the ground from the atmosphere.

Temperature

• A measure of how hot o cold something is.

Thermometer

Wind

• Moving air is called wind.

• Air moves from areas where air pressure is high to areas the pressure is low.

• Wind is caused by differences in air pressure.

Multiple Choice

Wind moves from areas of .............. to areas of ...............?

• 
  high pressure to low pressure

• 
  

  low pressure to high pressure

Measures

Multiple Choice

To measure the temperature we use a:

• thermometer

• anemometer

Rain gauge

Measures how much rain has fallen.

Air pressure

Is the force of air pressing down on Earth’s surface.

Barometer

Multiple Choice

Anemometer use:

• to meassure wind speed

• to meassure the air pressure

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