Group work: Weather

Task 1: Translate or explain

1) air pollution (polluted)
2) air pressure
3) avalanche
4) blizzard
5) breeze (breezy)
6) drizzle (drizzly)
7) heat wave
8) humidity (humid)
9) icicle (icy)
10) muggy
11) precipitation
12) shower (showery)
13) sleet (sleety)
14) thaw (thawy)
15) (low / high) visibility (visible)
16) weather vane

( jahutav tuul / kerge tuul; kuumalaine; niiskus / niiske või lämbe; tugev lumesadu; lumelaviin; uduvihm; jääpuraikas; lörts; nähtavus; õhurõhk; hoovihm; sula; tuulelipp; õhusaaste; niiske / raske õhuga; sademed ) 

Task 2: What is in the photo? What causes it? Why is it good or bad? 

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Task 3: Fill in the missing words

1. _________   is the weight of the atmosphere pressing down on the earth. It is measured by a barometer in units called millibars. Most barometers use mercury in a glass column, like a thermometer, to measure the change in ____________.

2. This word is used to describe the atmosphere when humidity is high relative to temperature. Nights after humid days tend to be ___________ . 

3. The clouds that produce ________ have low bases, usually less than 1,000 feet in altitude. Fog is often present when __________ falls. 

4. A/An ________ is a spike of ice formed when water dripping or falling from an object freezes.

5. A/An _________ is a mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside.

6. _________ occurs when a frozen substance, such as ice, snow becomes liquid or soft as a result of warming up.

7. In meteorology, ________ is a measure of the distance at which an object or light can be clearly discerned. __________ affects all forms of traffic: roads, sailing and aviation.

8. In meteorology, ___________ is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity. The main forms of __________ include drizzle, rain, sleet, snow, and hail.

9. A / An _________  an instrument for showing the direction of the wind. They are typically used as an architectural ornament to the highest point of a building.

10. A / An _________ is a severe snowstorm characterized by strong  winds of at least 56 km/h and lasting for typically three hours or more. A ground __________  is a weather condition where snow is not falling but loose snow on the ground is lifted and blown by strong winds.

Now check your answers

1) air pressure

2) muggy / humid

3) drizzle

4) icicle

5) avalance

6) thaw

7) visibility

8) precipitation

9) weather vane

10) blizzard