What is Weather?
What is the weather outside right now?
Answers vary.
Sunny, cloudy, rainy, cold, warm.
The atmosphere means the _______ .
air
What tool measures temperature?
Thermometer
What shape is the Earth?
Sphere
In the United States, temperature is measured in degrees ________________ .
Fahrenheit
What could you do if the weather is cold outside?
Answers vary.
If there is snow, go sledding or skiing. Go for a short walk, stay inside and play games, watch a movie, etc.
How many layers are in the atmosphere?
Five
A rain gauge collects ______________ .
Rain water or precipitation.
The Earth is ___________ on an invisible axis.
Tilted
What is the Equator?
An imaginary line that goes around the Earth dividing it into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
What could you do if the weather is hot outside?
Answers vary.
Go swimming, ride a bike, stay inside in the air conditioning, eat ice cream, etc.
The atmosphere is made up mostly of these two gases.
Nitrogen and oxygen.
If I wanted to fly my kite at the beach, what might I want to know about the weather?
How windy it is or where the direction of the wind is blowing. If it's going to rain.
It take the Earth ________ days to travel around the sun.
365
The Equator receives the most sunlight, therefore it has the ___________ temperatures.
What is weather?
What's happening outside right now.
The atmosphere helps protect us from what?
The sun.
Name three things you wear in the winter.
Answers vary.
Coat, gloves, hat, scarf.
It takes the Earth ____ hours to spin around once.
24
The north and south pole are farthest away from the sun. Therefore, they have the __________ temperatures.
coldest
What is a Meteorologist?
Someone who studies the weather.
What is the name of the layer of the atmosphere that we live in?
Troposphere.
Name 3 things you do to stay cool in the summer.
Answers vary.
Go swimming, eat cold food, have a water balloon fight, sit in front of a fan, stay in air conditioning.
If the North Pole is tilted towards the sun, what season is it in the northern hemisphere?
Summer or Spring
Why are there different temperatures in different places on Earth?
The Earth is a sphere that is tilted. Parts of the Earth are tilted towards and away from the sun. The different angles cause different temperatures on Earth.