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Eyewitness – Weather Video Guide
Name:__________________ Period____
1. The average temperature, winds, and rainfall that a place experiences over a period of
years make up its _____________.
2. The ____________________ is what happens on a particular day and this doesn’t always
fit in with the overall climatic pattern.
3. The topics have weather that is much the same from day to day. In
___________________ regions, weather is much more variable.
4. It’s the _________ that drives our weather, from the poles to the tropics.
5. ___________ keep the Earth warm after dark. Without this cover, temperatures can
plummet overnight.
6. When water vapor in the air freezes onto surfaces, we get _________.
7. Global warming means that freak freezes are less common now than they were in the
past. Only _________ years ago, there were ice fairs in England on the river Thames.
8. Virtually every society has some history of _____ worship.
9. The atmosphere filters out many of the sun’s most harmful rays. The layer
__________________ to us is the troposphere and this is where the weather action is.
10.The troposphere is about ___ miles thick.
11.The Greek philosopher Aristotle believed that through careful observation, we could find
patterns in the weather. He invented _______________.
12.Natural weather cues:
a. Morning Glories open when it is fine and ________.
b. Pinecones open when it is _________.
13.Wind is simply ___________ rushing from one place to another; being pushed and pulled
by the sun driven activity in the troposphere.
14.Air moves from areas where it is cold (high pressure) to areas where it is _____________
and can spread out (low pressure).
15.In the 1930’s, “black blizzards” in the American dust bowl blew ________ soil from one
state to another.
16.Tornadoes are formed when strong winds stream past the top of a rising column of warm
air, whipping it into a ____________.
17.By noon in our weather day, the sun’s rays are at their most ________________.
18.We can sometimes drop particles of silver iodine or frozen ________________
_________________ into clouds to make it rain. This works up to a point.
19.In the Bangladesh floods of 1988, __________ of the country was affected.
20.There’s always __________ in the air, even in deserts.
21.Warm air can hold much more __________ ____________ than cold.
22.We can’t see the water vapor in the air, until the air cools enough for it to condense into
droplets like fog.
23.In the afternoon of the weather day, the _______________ vapor’s condensation
processes starts to form cumulus clouds. Warm air rises, taking its water vapor with it,
but as it cools, the moisture forms tiny droplets.
24.Hailstones do more than ________ million dollars worth of damage every year.
25.Stormy weather is often due to weather patterns known as ___________________.
There are born out of the clash between warm, damp air from over the topics and cold dry
air from the poles.
26. As they collide, the warm air rises over the cold. The edges of the air masses are known
as ____________.
27.As storms move over warm, open water, more clouds form and the spiral quickens. Soon
the howling, whirling mass of air is heading towards land. A _______________ is on the
way!
28.______________ are refractions of the sun’s rays through water droplets in the air.
29.In a thunderstorm, positively charged particles gather at the top of the cloud and
negatively charged ones at the bottom. The energy is discharged as light, heat and
________________.
30.A bolt of lightening carries about a _____________ volts.
Eyewitness – Weather
Name:__KEY____________
1. The average temperature, winds, and rainfall that a place experiences over a period of years make up its
_climate____________.
2. The __weather__________________ is what happens on a particular day and this doesn’t always fit in
with the overall climatic pattern.
3. The topics have weather that is much the same from day to day. In ___temperate______ regions,
weather is much more variable.
4. It’s the __sun____ that drives our weather, from the poles to the tropics.
5. _Clouds____ keep the Earth warm after dark. Without this cover, temperatures can plummet overnight.
6. When water vapor in the air freezes onto surfaces, we get _frost___.
7. Global warming means that freak freezes are less common now than they were in the past. Only
_200_____ years ago, there were ice fairs in England on the river Thames.
8. Virtually every society has some history of _sun_ worship.
9. The atmosphere filters out many of the sun’s most harmful rays. The layer ___closest________ to us is
the troposphere and this is where the weather action is.
10. The troposphere is about _8_ miles thick.
11. The Greek philosopher Aristotle believed that through careful observation, we could find patterns in the
weather. He invented _meteorology____.
12. Natural weather cues:
a. Morning Glories open when it is fine and _dry____.
b. Pinecones open when it is _damp____.
13. Wind is simply __air______ rushing from one place to another; being pushed and pulled by the sun
driven activity in the troposphere.
14. Air moves from areas where it is cold (high pressure) to areas where it is _warm________ and can
spread out (low pressure).
15. In the 1930’s, “black blizzards” in the American dust bowl blew __top___ soil from one state to
another.
16. Tornadoes are formed when strong winds stream past the top of a rising column of warm air, whipping it
into a _spiral____.
17. By noon in our weather day, the sun’s rays are at their most _powerful_______.
18. We can sometimes drop particles of silver iodine or frozen __carbon________ _dioxide________ into
clouds to make it rain. This works up to a point.
19. In the Bangladesh floods of 1988, _3/4______ of the country was affected.
20. There’s always __water___ in the air, even in deserts.
21. Warm air can hold much more _water____ __vapor_____ than cold.
22. We can’t see the water vapor in the air, until the air cools enough for it to condense into droplets like
fog.
23. In the afternoon of the weather day, the __water________ vapor’s condensation processes starts to form
cumulus clouds. Warm air rises, taking its water vapor with it, but as it cools, the moisture forms tiny
droplets.
24. Hailstones do more than _300____ million dollars worth of damage every year.
25. Stormy weather is often due to weather patterns known as __depressions______. There are born out of
the clash between warm, damp air from over the topics and cold dry air from the poles.
26. As they collide, the warm air rises over the cold. The edges of the air masses are known as
__fronts____.
27. As storms move over warm, open water, more clouds form and the spiral quickens. Soon the howling,
whirling mass of air is heading towards land. A _hurricane_____ is on the way!
28. __Rainbows__ are refractions of the sun’s rays through water droplets in the air.
29. In a thunderstorm, positively charged particles gather at the top of the cloud and negatively charged ones
at the bottom. The energy is discharged as light, heat and _sound_________.
30. A bolt of lightening carries about a _million_____ volts.