Weather can be a wonderfully wacky occurrence. Look at this site and learn all about climate, different weather patterns, and the causes of weather.
Print this page and then use the Web resources to guide your explorations of the topic.
Click on the Website above and use the information provided on it to answer the following questions.
Give two examples of
weather.
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What do
meteorologists do, and why?
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What is a dry
climate?
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What is a cold
climate?
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How would weather
forecasting directly affect you?
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Go to the Website
above and use the information to answer the following
questions?
About how much water
falls to the earth each day?
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What are the forms
of precipitation?
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What is the water
cycle? What is another name for it?
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How much of the
earth is covered by water?
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How do clouds
form?
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What causes
rain?
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Describe each of the
following types of clouds.
Cirrus
clouds-_______________________________________
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Stratus clouds-
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Cumulonimbus clouds-
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Go to the link above
and watch the movie about clouds. Use what you learn to compete
the quiz at the end of the movie. Write your answers to the quiz
on the following lines.
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Why is it important
for meteorologists to use weather symbols?
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After looking at the chart that shows all of the weather symbols and which weather term they represent, create your own weather symbols for the following weather terms.
1. FOG __________
2. DUST STORM _________
3. THUNDERSTORM __________
4. RAIN __________
5. LIGHTNING __________
6. TORNADO
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Go to the link above
and complete the weather worksheet. You must first print out the
worksheet, and then answer all eleven questions.
Now it's time to
show what you have learned throughout the completion of this
Website.
Go to the link above
and complete the quiz. If you have gone through every part of this
Website it should be really easy for you. After you have finished
the quiz make sure you submit it. Print out the page you get after
you submit it, you're your responses and the correct answers. Good
luck!
Culminating Activity
Pretend you are a meteorologist and you have to give a weather report of the whole country. Pick one day and go online to find out the weather of five different states across the country. You should include the high and low temperatures of each state, whether it is going to be cloudy, sunny, rain, snow, clear, etc. Once you gather all of your information you must write your weather report. Include as many new whether words as you can. Also make sure you use the weather symbols like real meteorologists do. We will be videotaping these weather reports in class. Have Fun!