GEOCLIL
What’s climate?
Climate is the general weather conditions in a place over a period of time, at least 20/30 years.
WATCH OUT!
Don’t confuse weather with climate! Because weather is the daily changes in the atmosphere for a place.
1. Read the definitions below and complete them with the words in the box.
1. The atmosphere around our Planet Earth has a weight above a specific area on Earth. It is measured in millibars or kilopascals. We can have a cyclone in an area of low atmospheric pressure, where the air is raising. While, we have an anticyclone in an area of high atmospheric pressure where the air is sinking. [..........]
2. It is air in motion, formed by the differences in air pressure. We use an anemometer to measure it. According to its direction, we have different types. The Tramontane, the Gregale, the Levant, the Sirocco, the Austro, the Libeccio, the Ponente, the Mistral are famous ones. [..........]
3. It is the water vapour in the air. It forms clouds and when they become full of droplets, they fall to the ground and we can have different forms of precipitation. Hygrometer measure it. [..........]
4. It combines the temperatures of all the hot places and all the cold places and all the places between them. We use a thermometer to measure it. The Galilean thermometer was the first one. It was invented by Galileo Galilei. [..........]
2. Choose the correct answer.
1. Climate is:
2. Weather is:
3. Galileo Galilei invented:
