WEATHER AND CLIMATE

WEATHER
• Weather is the day to day condition of the atmosphere.
• When we describe the weather, we talk about how warm it is, whether the sun is shining
or if it is going to rain.
• Climate of a place is its average weather usually worked out over a period of 30 years.
• Or climate it is the atmospheric condition of a place for a long period of time. Example ,
tropical rainforest.
• When scientists talk about climate, they're often looking at averages of precipitation,
temperature, humidity, sunshine, wind, and other measures of weather that occur over a
long period in a particular place.
 THE EARTH
• An atmosphere is made of the layers of
ATMOSPHERE gases surrounding a planet.i.e 78%
nitrogen, 21% oxygen and 1% other
gases.
It’s separated into five different layers:
•Exosphere: The uppermost layer of our atmosphere that melds into outer space.
•Thermosphere: Begins at around 80 km (50 miles) above sea level and extends
to approximately 600 km (372 miles), reaching temperatures as high as 2,000°C
(3,600°F).
•Mesosphere: Around 30 km (19 miles) in range, meteors burn as they pass
through this layer, creating “shooting stars.”
•Stratosphere: Home to the ozone layer, which is responsible for absorbing a
majority of the sun’s radiation.
•Troposphere: The closest layer to ground. It stretches about 7–15 kilometers
(5–10 miles) from the surface.
ELEMENTS OF WEATHER