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1 Read the sentences and tick ( ✓) the corresponding weather. Temperature

Humidity

Wind

Water that falls to the ground from the atmosphere.

Precipitation

✓

The first international standard for measuring it was created by Admiral Beaufort in 1806. We use a thermometer to measure this. It describes how much water vapour is present in the air. It is moving air and its speed can be measured using an anemometer. It can be measured in Celsius / Centigrade or Fahrenheit degrees. To measure this, we use a rain gauge. A measure of how hot or cold the air is. We use a hygrometer to measure this.

2 Complete the sentences. liquid hail

Liquid 

a. b.

cirrus ice

rain thin

millions bad

snow

drizzle

precipitation precipitat ion includes rain and

sleet clouds

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is the name given to water droplets that measure more than 0.5 mm across.

precipitation on includes c. Solid precipitati

and

. They form

when the air around the cloud is cold.

d.

is a mixture of rain and snow.

e.

form when warm air rises and then cools down.

f.

clouds are often mean

g. Clouds contain

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and located high in the sky. They

weather is coming coming.. of droplet dropletss of

and water water..

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3 Look at the graphs and circle the correct answers.

a. In which month of the year is the average temperature the highest? June

July

August

b. What was the approximate highest temperature? 26˚C

37˚C

47˚C

c. What is the scale used in the temperature graph? Kelvin

Fahrenheit

Celsius

d. Which two months had the least precipitation? March and April

June and July

September and October

e. What instrument do you think they used to take measurements for the second graph? An anemometer

A rain gauge

A hygrometer

4 What is the difference between weather and climate? Choose the correct option.

Sunny Partly cloudy Cloudy Rainy Stormy

a. Weather / Climate describes all the atmospheric conditions present in a specific place and time. b. We talk about four different factors when we talk about weather / climate: temperature, humidity, wind and precipitation.

Snowy Foggy Wind

c. Weather / Climate describes the main weather characteristics of a place. d. We split weather / climate into three main categories: polar, tropical and temperate. e. Water, air and heat from the Sun work together to make weather / climate.

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5 Colour in the boxes about the different climates using the corresponding colours: Polar – blue

Temperate – yellow

Tropical – red

… have mild weather with hot summers and cold winters.

Countries with this climate lie between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.

Tropical climates…

… are cold all year around.

The most densely populated parts of the world lie in this region.

Temperate climates…

… are warm all year round and have rainy seasons.

Winter brings darkness and temperatures as low as -50 ˚C.

Polar climates…

6 Colour in Spain’s different climates using the key below. Then, complete the sentences using the words in the box. high

mild

low

winter

summer

snow

round

rainy

a. Oceanic climates are and

MAR CANT ÁBRICO

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b. Mediterranean climates have temperatures in the

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summer and mild winters and it does not rain much.

c. Mountain climates have very temperatures in winter and mild temperatures in summer. At high altitudes,  S EA A N A N E  R  R  E  D I T  M E

precipitation falls as

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d. Mediterranean-Continental climates have very low temperatures in and very hot ones in . • Oceanic climate: green • Mediterranean climate: orange • Mediterranean-Continental climate: yellow • Mountain climate: blue • Subtropical climate: red

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e. Subtropical climates have mild temperatures all year

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