Weather

How much do you know about weather and climate? If we put it very simply, weather is the state of the [12] 4. atmosphere at any given period of time. The atmosphere is made up of different gasses, like oxygen, that surround the [13] 1. Earth. What is happening in the atmosphere is the weather. Have you ever [14] 6. watched the weather forecast on the news or online? What kind of things do they tell us? Most weather forecasts will 15 5. tell us what the temperature will be, if it's going to rain or snow, and if it will be cloudy or sunny. The fact that the Earth is round influences the weather. The Sun heats up the atmosphere and the Earth, but as the Earth is round, areas around the equator get more direct sunlight and are [16] 7. warmer. Areas around the poles get indirect sunlight, so, they are colder.

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