Air and weather

The air around us

1. Complete these sentences:
oxygen

carbon
dioxide

live and
grow

water
vapour

live and
breathe

nitrogen

make their
own food

a.
b.

______________________________________ makes up a very small part of the air we breathe.

______________________________________ makes up only 0.04% of the air, but it is very

c.

important. Plants need carbon dioxide to _____________________________ .

____________________________________ makes up 78% of the air. All living things need it to

d.

_______________________ .
________________________________________ makes up 21% of the air. Living things need it
to _______________________________________ .

2. Answer these questions:

a.

What is the atmosphere made up of?

b.

Which are the closest layers of the atmosphere to the Earth?

3. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences:

a.

The mesosphere / stratosphere / troposphere is the closest layer to the Earth. We can breathe

b.
c.

the air here. Weather, such as rain and wind, occurs here.
The mesosphere / stratosphere / troposphere protects us from the strong rays from the Sun.
The mesosphere / stratosphere / troposphere protects us from most of the objects that fall from
space, such as meteorites.

4.

Label this picture about the closest layers of the atmosphere to the Earth:

5. Write definitions:
Weather is ___________________________________________________________
Humidity is __________________________________________________________
Wind is _____________________________________________________________
Precipitation is _______________________________________________________

6. True or False? Correct the sentences that are False:

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.

When the weather is hot, the temperature is low.

When the weather is cold, the temperature is high.
The instrument we use to measure temperature is an anemometer.
When theres a lot of humidity, fog and clouds can form.
Breeze is strong wind.
Gale is light wind.
A hurricane is a very strong wind.
Precipitation can be liquid or solid.
Rain, snow and hail are not forms of precipitation.

7. Choose the correct word to complete these sentences:

a.
b.

Hail is a form of solid / liquid precipitation.

Rain is a form of solid / liquid precipitation.

8. Air pollution. Label these pictures:

9. Weather instruments. Match these words with their definitions:

Thermometer:
Wind sock:
Anemometer:
Wind vane:
Rain gauge:

it measures wind speed and shows wind direction.

it measures humidity.
it measures rainfall.
it measures air temperature.
it measures wind speed.

10. Revision. Complete this word map: