Weather and Climate

What is the definition of Weather?

• Is a description of the average weather of a particular place

• Is the light and energy that comes from the sun

• Is a description of the current conditions of the atmosphere in a particular place

• Is the release of water from the sky, it can be liquid or solid, for example, rain, sleet, hail and snow

What is the definition of Climate?

• The journey water takes from sea, to the sky, to the land and back to the sea

• Is a description of the average weather of a particular place

• The movement of air near the Earth's Surface

• Occurs when the mass of warm air moves towards a mass of cold air

What is the definition of Temperature?

• Are large clouds that cover the entire sky, form low in the atmosphere and are often gray in color

• Is the light and energy that comes from the sun

• Is a description of the average weather of a particular place

• Is a degree of hotness or coldness that can be measured using a thermometer

What is the definition of Sunlight?

• Is the light and energy that comes from the sun

• Molecules get closer

• Occurs when a mass of warm air moves towards a mass of cold air

• Is the instrument used to tell the air temperature

What is a Thermometer?

• Is the release of water from the sky

• Is the instrument used to tell the air temperature

• Made up of moist air (evaporation)

• Is a degree of hotness or coldness that can be measured using thermometers

What is Precipitation?

• The journey water takes from the sea, to the sky, to the land and back to the sea

• Clouds that look like very thin sheets of ice crystals or feathers, found high in the atmosphere

• Occurs when a cold mass of air moves towards a mass of warm air

• Is the release of water from the sky, it can be liquid or solid, for example rain, sleet, hail, and snow

What is the Water Cycle?

• Is the release of water from the sky, it can be liquid or solid

• The journey water takes from the sea, to the sky, to the land and back to the sea

• Is the description of the average weather of a particular place

• Is a description of the current conditions of the atmosphere in a particular place

What are Cloud Formations made of?

• Are made up of moist air (evaporation), cooling, and dust or any tiny particles in the air

• Made up of fluffy cotton

• Made up of snow

What are Stratus Clouds?

• Fluffy and white clouds low in the atmosphere with blue sky between them

• Large clouds that cover the entire sky, from low in the atmosphere and are often grey in color

• Clouds that look like very thin sheets of ice crystals or feathers, found high in the atmosphere

What are Cumulus Clouds?

• Large clouds that cover the entire sky, form low in the atmosphere and are often grey in color

• Clouds that look like very thin sheets of ice crystals or feathers, found high in the atmosphere

• Fluffy and white clouds low in the atmosphere with blue sky between them