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THE WORLD OF
SOCIAL
STUDIES.
Grade 2
Abaq Al Ilm International School Jeddah
Unit 5 – What’s in the news?
Weather in the news and changing
weather conditions.

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WEATHER
▪ The rain , wind, snow, sunshine and temperature at a particular
time or place.
Floods
▪ It is an overflow of a large amount of water beyond its limits.
▪ It happens by river banks overflowing, sea ,wind, earthquake and
volcano eruption under sea.
Weather and us
▪ We all need rain , it provides us with water for drinking, for washing ,for
bathing, for growing crops, keeping animals alive .Without rain we would die.
▪ River floods are also useful, when a river floods it spreads mud and sand over
the land .This sand makes very fertile soil for growing crops.
Weather and us
▪ Temperature -How hot or cold someone or something is.

▪ Weather changes are caused by wind, winds are formed because sun warms
some part of earth more than other. The difference in temperature makes air
move.
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Weather conditions
▪ Scientists try to predict weather.
▪ This helps to plan our lives.
▪ This is called as WEATHER FORECAST.
 WEATHER FORECAST.

▪ It's helpful for farmers, sailors etc.

▪ We can find weather forecast in
mobile ,radio and TV.
 Weather Information
▪ We can weather information from ships, aircrafts, weather
balloons, weather stations ,weather satellites .
Meteorologists
▪ Weather scientist are called meteorologists.
▪ They analyze weather changes.
▪ They can make weather predictions ,of what the weather is going to be.
It's not an end it's just a
beginning!