WEATHER AND

CLIMATE

Lesson 5
 WEATHER:
WHAT, WHY
AND WHERE?
Lesson 5.1
 TEST
1. a. Define weather.

b. Write five words (adjectives) to

describe the weather:
i. In photo A
ii. In photo B
iii. Where you are today
2. Look at diagram C. Explain why:
a. It is warmer at the Equator than
at the poles
b. It is cooler in the UK than at the
Equator
You can draw a labelled diagram if
that helps.
3. Look at D. The air at X
contains water vapour.
a. i. What is water vapour?
ii. How does it get into air?
Explain.

b. Describe how the rising

warm air at X leads to rain.
c. Define wind.(Glossary?)

d. Explain how the rising

warm air at X leads to wind.
4. Copy this, with the jumbled words
unjumbled!
Our sun gives out gyeenr as stiglhun.
This srawm Earth, which then wrams
the ria. Earth is norud so it does not
warm leenvy. It’s much marrew at the
equator than at the slope. So warm
ira then vemos from the equator to
neev things out. This leads to nidw
and ainr.
5. How could you demonstrate
(in school or at home) that:
a. Warm air rises?
b. Warm air moves to colder
places ?
 ASSIGNMENT
You live in the troposphere, where weather
happens.
a. What is the troposphere?
b. The air is denser in the troposphere than
above it. Why?
c. The troposphere is about 13km deep, on
average. To get an idea of its depth,
name a place about 13km from you, on
Earth’s surface.