AY Honors/Weather/Requirements 2

Weather

Skill Level

1

Year

1944

Version

22.12.2024

Approval authority

General Conference

1. Explain the formation of fog, rain, dew, snow, hail and frost.

2. Recognize the following 4 clouds in the sky or on pictures:

- Cirrus

- Cumulus

- Stratus

- Nimbus

3. How and when do these clouds form? What kind of weather do they herald?

4. Explain how a thermometer, barometer and hydrometer work.

5. Why does it rain more on Europe's Atlantic coast and why is it drier inland?

6. Why does rain usually come from the West and good weather from the East?

7. Name 5 elements that determine time.

8. What kind of weather do the following phenomena predict?

- easterly wind

- fog

- yellowish sunset

- swallows flying high in the evening

- moon surrounded by a halo

9. Know how to read a weather map and explain the signs.

10. Build and test a rain gauge.

11. Visit a weather station.