What is weather

Earth Sciences
Standards
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Standard Set 3. Earth Sciences
3. Weather can be observed,
measured, and described. As a basis
for understanding this concept:
3.a. Students know how to use simple
tools (e.g., thermometer, wind vane)
to measure weather conditions and
record changes from day to day and
across the seasons.

3.b. Students know the weather
changes from day to day but that
trends in temperature or of rain (or
snow) tend to be predictable during a
season.
3.c. Students know the sun warms the
land, air, and water.

by Kimberly Taylor

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Ask and Answer
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Weather

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Vocabulary
rain gauge
temperature
thermometer
weather
wind vane
by Kimberly Taylor

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What is weather?
Weather changes every day.
Weather is what it is like outside.

The weather
is warm.

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Weather may be dry or wet.
Weather may be cool or warm.
Weather may be windy or calm.

The weather is cool.

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Wind

The wind is blowing.
Wind is air that moves.
Look at the picture.
Which way is the wind blowing?

A wind vane is a weather tool.
A wind vane points into the wind.
The arrow shows where the wind is
blowing from.
A wind vane is
a weather tool.

The wind can blow
in all directions.

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Measuring
Temperature

A thermometer is a tool that measures
temperature.
There are numbers on a thermometer.
They show the temperature.

The weather can be hot or cold.
Temperature is how hot or cold something is.

You can measure the temperature of weather.

The red line goes up as the temperature
gets hotter.
The red line goes down as the temperature
gets colder.

The temperature is hot.

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The temperature is cold.

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Measuring Rain
Rain is water from clouds.
Rain falls from the sky in drops.
You can find out how much rain falls.

A rain gauge measures rain.
The top of the gauge is open.
Rain falls into the gauge.
There are numbers on a rain gauge.
They show how much rain falls.

A rain gauge catches water.

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Light from the Sun
Think about a sunny day.
How does the Sun feel on your skin?

Light
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Light
Light

from
from
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Sun
Sun
Sun
Sun

warms the water.
warms the land.

warms the air too.
causes our weather.

When it is sunny, the playground is warm.
When it is cloudy, the playground is cool.
On a bright day, the
ground gets hot.

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On a cloudy day, the
ground stays cool.

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Glossary
rain gauge

temperature

a weather tool to
measure the amount
of rain
how hot or cold
something is

What did you learn?
1. Name a weather tool. What does it
measure?

2. What is wind?
3.

You have learned
about different types of weather. Choose
one type of weather (wet, dry, hot, cold).
Write three sentences describing a place
with that type of weather.

4.

Ask and Answer Questions You have
read about the weather. Write a question
about what causes the weather. Then
answer your question.

thermometer a tool that measures
temperature
weather

what it is like outside

wind vane

a weather tool that
tells which way the
wind is blowing

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