Air and weather
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There are four seasons in a year: spring, summer, autumn and winter.We have different weather in different seasons. In Spain is hot and sunny in summer.
SPRING: March, April and May
SUMMER:
June, July and August.
AUTUMN: September, October and November
WINTER: December, January and February.
INSTRUMENTSWe use different instuments to measure the weather
THERMOMETER measures the temperature
WEATHER VANE points the wind is coming from.
RAIN GAUGEMeasures how much rain falls.
WIND IS MOVING AIR
A gentle wind is BREEZE
A strong wind is called a GALE
HURRICANES are very strong winds.
WATER CYCLEThe sun heats water in oceans, seas and rivers.Water evaporates. It is EVAPORATION
Water flows back to the oceans, seas and rivers
Water vapor forms clouds. Clouds are made of lots of tiny water droplets.It is CONDENSATION.
Water falls from clouds as a rain, snow, hail or sleet.It is PRECIPITATION.
EVAPORATION
CONDENSATION
PRECIPITATION
PRECIPITATION IS WATER THAT FALLS FROM THE CLOUDS.
IT CAN BE SOLID OR LIQUID
Precipitation normally falls as
a rain
Precipitations can be snow
Precipitations can be hail
Precipitations can be sleet
WEATHER CHANGES SEASON TO SEASON, BUT IT ALSO CHANGES DAY BY DAY
We use symbols to represent the different types of weather on weather maps.
Cloudy. Foggy. Rainy. Stormy.
Gale. Sleet. Hail Breeze
snowy sunny