Science

WEATHER
  1. Today's Weather
  2. What Makes Weather?
  3. The Four Season
  4. Wind: Air in Motion
  5. Clouds, Rain and Snow
  6. Nature's Light Show
  7. Weather Forecasting



Today's Weather

Weather affects the way we live, what we eat and wear and how we feel.  We 
can describe weather conditions by using mathematics.
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What Makes Weather?

The sun heating the earth and its atmosphere causes the weather.  We feel 
weather as wind, heat or cold, and humidity in the form of rain, ice, and 
snow.
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The Four Season

The season develop from the angle of tilt of he earth's axis as the earth 
revolves in its path around the sun.
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Wind: Air in Motion

Wind, tornadoes, cyclones and dust storms are all moving air, which excerts 
pressure as it moves.
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Clouds, Rain and Snow

Clouds, rain and snow are all different forms of water vapor; the form of the 
precipitation depends on the temperature of the surrounding air.
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Nature's Light Show

Huge exchanges of electircal charges produce lightning; rapidly expanding air 
produces thunder; we count the seconds between a flash and the clap of 
thunder to estimate the distance of a thunderstorm.
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Weather Forecasting

Would you like to be a weatgher forecaster?  We base weather predictions on 
data that we have gathered over many days.
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