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Weather: It is the state of the atmosphere in a specific place at a specific time. It changes every day.
Precipitation: This is the water that falls from the atmosphere. It can be rain, snow or hail.
Wind: This is the movement of air. It can be light breeze, a gale or a hurricane.
Air temperature: This causes the weather to be hot or cold.
Rain gauge:It measures the amount of precipitation.
Anemometer: It measures the wind speed.
Weathervane: It measures the wind direction.
Thermometer: It measures the temperature of the air.
Meteorologists: They are people who study the weather. They use different instruments.
Forecast: The prediction of what will happen.
Satellite: It gives us data about hurricanes, pollution or more. It is in space.
Radar: It can locate precipitation.
Weather station: It usually has a rain gauge, an anemometer, weathervane and a thermometer.
Weather balloon: It collects data about temperature and humidity.
GIS: Geographic Information System is a program that help interpret the information and create weather maps.
Climate: It is the average weather in a specific place over many years.
Polar climate: It is the climate that has cold temperature and is covered with snow most of the time.
Temperate climate: It is the climate that has hot and cold weather.
Tropical climate: It is the climate that has warm or hot temperatures.
Atmosphere: the gases surrounding the earth.
Climate change: Any very significant change in Earth's climate.
Greenhouse effect: the warming of the earth's surface that happens when heat from the sun is held in by the earth's atmosphere.
Floods: An overflow of water onto land that is not normal.
Heatwaves: A period of unusually hot weather.
Droughts: A long period with little or no rain.is the state of the atmosphere in a specific place at a specific time.
