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Weather is a set of all the phenomena occurring in a given atmosphere at a

given time. Most weather phenomena occur in the troposphere, just below the
stratosphere. Weather refers, generally, to day-to-day temperature and
precipitation activity, whereas climate is the term for the average atmospheric
conditions over longer periods of time. When used without qualification,
"weather" is understood to be the weather of Earth.

Weather occurs due to density (temperature and moisture) differences


between one place and another. These differences can occur due to the sun
angle at any particular spot, which varies by latitude from the tropics. The
strong temperature contrast between polar and tropical air gives rise to the
jet stream. Weather systems in the mid-latitudes, such as extra tropical
cyclones, are caused by instabilities of the jet stream flow. Because the
Earth's axis is tilted relative to its orbital plane, sunlight is incident at
different angles at different times of the year. On Earth's surface,
temperatures usually range ±40 °C (100 °F to −40 °F) annually. Over
thousands of years, changes in Earth's orbit affect the amount and
distribution of solar energy received by the Earth and influence long-term
climate

Surface temperature differences in turn cause pressure differences. Higher


altitudes are cooler than lower altitudes due to differences in compressional
heating. Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to
predict the state of the atmosphere for a future time and a given location.
The atmosphere is a chaotic system, so small changes to one part of the
system can grow to have large effects on the system as a whole. Human
attempts to control the weather have occurred throughout human history, and
there is evidence that human activity such as agriculture and industry has
inadvertently modified weather patterns.

Ex:
-Rainy Weather
-Snowy Weather
-Windy Weather
-Haily Weather
-Thunder Stormy Weather
-Sunny Weather
-Cloudy Weather

Weaher….
The Universe comprises everything we perceive to physically exist, the entirety
of space and time, all forms of matter and energy. However, the term
Universe may be used in slightly different contextual senses, denoting such
concepts as the cosmos, the world, or Nature.

The word Universe is usually defined as encompassing everything. However,


using an alternative definition, some have speculated that the "Universe"
composed of expanding space-as-we-know-it, is just one of many disconnected
"universes", which are collectively denoted as the multiverse. For example, in
the many-worlds hypothesis, new "universes" are spawned with every quantum
measurement. These universes are usually thought to be completely
disconnected from our own and therefore impossible to detect experimentally.
Observations of older parts of the universe (which are far away) suggest that
the Universe has been governed by the same physical laws and constants
throughout most of its extent and history. However, in bubble universe theory,
there may be an infinite variety of "universes" created in various ways, and
perhaps each with different physical constants.

Throughout recorded history, several cosmologies and cosmogonies have been


proposed to account for observations of the Universe. The earliest quantitative
geocentric models were developed by the ancient Greeks,[citation needed] who
proposed that the Universe possesses infinite space and has existed eternally,
but contains a single set of concentric spheres of finite size – corresponding to
the fixed stars, the Sun and various planets – rotating about a spherical but
unmoving Earth. Over the centuries, more precise observations and improved
theories of gravity led to Copernicus's heliocentric model and the Newtonian
model of the Solar System, respectively. Further improvements in astronomy
led to the characterization of the Milky Way, and the discovery of other
galaxies and the microwave background radiation

According to the prevailing scientific model of the Universe, known as the Big
Bang, the Universe expanded from an extremely hot, dense phase called the
Planck epoch, in which all the matter and energy of the observable universe
was concentrated. Since the Planck epoch, the Universe has been expanding to
its present form, possibly with a brief period (less than 10−32 seconds) of
cosmic inflation. Several independent experimental measurements support this
theoretical expansion and, more generally, the Big Bang theory. Recent
observations indicate that this expansion is accelerating because of the dark
energy
The Solar System consists of the Sun and those celestial objects bound to it
by gravity, all of which formed from the collapse of a giant molecular cloud
approximately 4.6 billion years ago. Of the retinue of objects that orbit the
Sun, most of the mass is contained within eight relatively solitary planets
whose orbits are almost circular and lie within a nearly-flat disc called the
ecliptic plane. The four smaller inner planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth and
Mars, also called the terrestrial planets, are primarily composed of rock and
metal. The four outer planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, also
called the gas giants, are composed largely of hydrogen and helium and are far
more massive than the terrestrials.

The Solar System is also home to two regions populated by smaller objects.
The asteroid belt, which lies between Mars and Jupiter, is similar to the
terrestrial planets as it is composed mainly of rock and metal. Beyond
Neptune's orbit lie trans-Neptunian objects composed mostly of ices such as
water, ammonia and methane. Within these two regions, five individual objects,
Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake and Eris, are recognized to be large enough
to have been rounded by their own gravity, and are thus termed dwarf planets.
In addition to thousands of small bodies in those two regions, various other
small body populations, such as comets, centaurs and interplanetary dust,
freely travel between regions.

The solar wind, a flow of plasma from the Sun, creates a bubble in the
interstellar medium known as the heliosphere, which extends out to the edge of
the scattered disc. The hypothetical Oort cloud, which acts as the source for
long-period comets, may also exist at a distance roughly a thousand times
further than the heliosphere.

Six of the planets and three of the dwarf planets are orbited by natural
satellites,[b] usually termed "moons" after Earth's Moon. Each of the outer
planets is encircled by planetary rings of dust and other particles.

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