The weather

The weather The atmosphere is the layer of air that surrounds the Earth. The weather is what is happening in the atmosphere in one place at one time. [...]

Clouds and precipitation Clouds Water vapour forms when the Sun heats the water on land or in the oceans. The warm water vapour rises up in the atmosphere. There it cools and changes from gas into liquid water. [...]

How do we measure the weather Meteorologists are people who study weather conditions. They can predict what the weather will be like in different places. To do this, they use data from weather stations. [...]

Predicting the weather Meteorologists collect data from weather stations and use it to make weather maps. They use these weather maps to predict the weather for the next few days. This is the weather forecast. [...]

The layer of air that surrounds the Earth is called the atmosphere. All the weather on the Earth happens in the atmosphere. Changes in the atmosphere cause different types of weather. People who study the weather are called meteorologists. [...]

Study the weather in our area What do we need? A notebook. A thermometer. A ruler. What do we do? Copy the table below into your notebook. Make it longer so that it has 15 days. Observe the weather every day for 15 days. [...]

The layer of air that surrounds the Earth is called the atmosphere. All the weather on the Earth happens in the atmosphere. Changes in the atmosphere cause different types of weather. People who study the weather are called meteorologists. [...]