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The document provides an overview of weather, including key vocabulary such as equator, extreme, and seasons. It discusses the varying weather conditions experienced in the UK and highlights the importance of measuring weather using tools like thermometers and rain gauges. Additionally, it mentions the impact of extreme weather events on daily life.

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Knowledge Organiser SEC

The document provides an overview of weather, including key vocabulary such as equator, extreme, and seasons. It discusses the varying weather conditions experienced in the UK and highlights the importance of measuring weather using tools like thermometers and rain gauges. Additionally, it mentions the impact of extreme weather events on daily life.

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Weather Explorers

Weather
Key Vocabulary Weather is the daily conditions of the atmosphere, such
equator - an imaginary line which runs as the temperature and whether it is rainy or cloudy.
around the centre of the globe at an equal
distance between the North and South Poles.

extreme - far beyond what is usual or sunny rain partly snow windy stormy
cloudy
reasonable.

North Pole - the point on the surface of the


Earth that is furthest north.
Seasons UK Weather
In the UK, we experience The weather in the United
four different seasons Kingdom can change from day
northern hemisphere - one half of the Earth,
and each season tends to to day. It is usually colder in the
north of the equator.
have different weather. north, especially in the winter,
where it is more likely to snow.
rain gauge - a tool which measures rainfall
Winters are milder in the south
over a period of time.
of England. It is warmer in the
south during the summer too.
spring summer
season - a period of the year with specific
weather conditions that repeat each year.
There are four seasons: spring, summer,
autumn and winter.
autumn winter

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South Pole - the point on the surface of the Hot and Cold Places
Earth that is furthest south. The hottest places in the world are found near the equator
and the coldest places at or near the North and South Pole.
southern hemisphere - one half of the Earth, North Pole
south of the equator.
northern
hemisphere
temperature - the measure of the warmth or
coldness of something or somewhere.
equator

southern
thermometer - a tool that can be used to hemisphere
measure temperature.
South Pole

weather - the daily conditions of the


atmosphere, such as the temperature and Measuring the Weather
whether it is rainy or cloudy. We measure the weather because it can affect many things in
weather vane - also known as a wind vane, our lives, such as what we wear, how we travel and what we
this is a tool used for showing the direction of do. There are a variety of weather instruments that are useful.
the wind. They measure things like temperature, rainfall, wind speed and
extreme weather - Sometimes weather can wind direction.
become dangerous, causing damage. This is what
we call extreme weather. Some examples are:
flooding, hurricanes, blizzards and heatwaves.
thermometer rain gauge weather vane

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