Weather Words
What is a meteorologist?
A scientist who studies weather.
Something that is repeated or regular way
What do we call water that falls from the sky as rain, snow, sleet, or hail?
Precipitation
What kind of graph have use to organize temperature data
A line plot
What is data?
Information
What is a range?
If one island's temperatures are mostly 78–84°F and another island's temperatures are mostly 55–62°F, which island has the warmer weather pattern?
The island with temperatures of 78–84°F.
If temperatures were 71°F, 74°F, 72°F, and 73°F, what is the lowest temperature?
71F
What three islands have we been studying?
Arc Island, Blue Island, and Creek Island.
Why can't scientists use just one day's weather to decide which island will continue to have good weather for orangutans?
Weather changes from day to day, so scientists need data over a longer period to find a pattern.