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