Fourth Grade Weather and Climate

Click on the links to find the answers to the questions. Write your answer in the space provided.

What causes precipitation?

http://www.wildwildweather.com/precipitation.htm

What is the difference between weather and climate?

http://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/climate/climate_vs.html

What is the blanket of air that surrounds the Earth called?

http://www.wxdude.com/page1.html

What is the water cycle?

http://wxdude.com/a-z.html

What are the three main kinds of clouds? Draw a picture of each.

http://www.wxdude.com/page9.html

Which instrument is used to measure?

Air pressure __________________________

Wind direction ________________________

Wind speed ___________________________

http://www.wxdude.com/page21.html

The tilt of the Earth’s axis produces ________________________.

http://www.wxdude.com/page19.html

Pick a zip code from the cup. Click on each site to compare the weather forecast for your zip code you picked. Is the forecast the same from each site?