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Weather and climate
- 2. WEATHER
It is the minute-by-minute change of the
atmosphere. Weather changes every
day. For example, today it is stormy in
this beach but...
- 3. … it will be sunny next day in
the same beach.
- 4. CLIMATE
It is what the
weather is like
over a long
period of time in
a specific place.
Climate does
not change
every day.
- 5. The factors that are involved in the
weather are:
TEMPERATURE
HUMIDITY
WIND
PRECIPITATION
- 7. What do we use?
We use a thermometer to
measure temperature.
- 8. We have two scales for
temperature:
Celsius scale (ºC)
Farenheit scale (ºF)
- 12. It is the quantity of
water vapour in the
atmosphere.
- 13. What do we use?
We use a hygrometer to
measure humidity.
- 15. What is it?
It is moving air that
can move at
different speeds
and directions.
- 16. What are the categories of
wind?
Breeze
Gale wind
Hurricane
- 20. What do we use?
We use an anemometer to
measure wind speed.
- 23. What is it?
It is water that falls to
the ground from the
atmosphere. It can be:
- Liquid
- Solid
- 26. What do we use?
We use a rain gauge to
measure precipitation
