History Of Weather Forecasting

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Questions 1 - 5:

Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer

Early methods

• Almanacs connected the weather with the positions of different 1 at particular times.

 

The invention of weather instruments

• A hydrometer showed Levels of 2 (Nicholas Cusa 1450 ) 

• Temperature variations – first measured by a thermometer containing 3 (Galileo Galilei 1595 )

• A barometer indicated air pressure (Evangelista Torricelli 1645 )

 

Transmitting weather information 

• The use of the 4 allowed information to be passed around the world.

• Daily 5 were produced by the French from 1863 .

Questions 6 - 10:

Complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

  • Weather observation stations are found mostly at 6 around the country. 
  • Satellite images use the colour orange to show 7
  • The satellites give so much detail that meteorologists can distinguish a particular 8
  • Information about the upper atmosphere is sent from instruments attached to a 9
  • Radar is particularly useful for following the movement of 10