What is the weather like?

Mark the atmosphere's characteristics.

• It helps shield Earth from the sun's heat.

• It is a layer of gases.

• It protects Earth from the harmful rays of the sun.

• It makes life possible on Earth.

• It keeps carbon dioxide away from Earth.

Match the words with the definition

• atmosphere

• tell something for the future

• climate

• state of the atmosphere on a certain time and place

• predict

• environmental conditions of a certain place over the years

• weather

• layers of gasses that wrap around Earth

Complete the following sentences

1. ​ (a)   affect atmospheric conditions.

2. Atmospheric conditions ​ (b)   from one place to another.

3. Scientist who study weather are ​ (c)   .

4. Meteorogists ​ (d)   waht the atmospheric conditions will be.

• Heat
• change
• meteorologists
• predict
• weather
• atmosphere

Identify each type of cloud.

a

b

c

d

stratus

cumulus

cirrus

clouds

nimbus

​ (a)   1. Tell us how hot or cold the air is.

​ (b)   2. Air in movement, this movement happens because of the different air temperatures.

​ (c)   3. Is the water that falls form the atmosphere onto Earth's surface.

• temperature
• wind
• precipitation

The atmosphere is made of ____.

• gases

• solids

• liquids

The amosphre is a layer _____.

• inside Earth

• surrounding Earth

• in the sea

The atmosphere protects us from ____.

• excessive rain

• hurricane winds

• the sun's harmful rays

These form in the atmosphere:

• storms and hurricanes

• earthquakes and landslides

• star and planets

Match the following

• anemometer

• indicates which direction the wind is blowing

• rain gauge

• measure atmospheric air temperature

• thermometer

• measures the amount of precipitation that falls in cetimeters or inches

• weather vane

• measures wind speed