Question 1 - 5
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
History of weather forecasting
Early methods
- Almanacs connected the weather with the positions of different 1.31 ……………….. at particular times.
The invention of weather instruments
- A hydrometer showed Levels of 2.32 ……………….. (Nicholas Cusa 1450)
- Temperature variations – first measured by a thermometer containing 3.33 ………………. (Galileo Galilei 1595)
A barometer indicated air pressure (Evangelista Torricelli 1645)
Transmitting weather information
- The use of the 4.34 ………………… allowed information to be passed around the world.
- Daily 5.35 ……………….. were produced by the French from 1863.
Question 6 - 10
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6.
Weather observation stations are found mostly at around the country.
7.
Satellite images use the colour orange to show
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The satellites give so much detail that meteorologists can distinguish a particular
9.
Information about the upper atmosphere is sent from instruments attached to a
10.
Radar is particularly useful for following the movement of ………………….
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