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CHARACTERISTICS OF AIR
Air is all around us but we cant see it. Air is a mixture of gases: oxygen, nitrogen and other gases. Air and water have no smell, no taste and no colour.
WIND
Wind is moving air. Hot air goes up. Cold air goes down The difference in air temperature causes wind. Wind moves clouds.
A GALE is a strong wind. A gale moves the branches on trees and can sometimes blow trees down.
A HURRICANE is a very strong wind. A hurricane can destroy houses and other buildings.
WEATHER
Weather is the state of the atmosphere at a certain time in a certain place. Weather changes all the time. It can be sunny, cloudy, foggy, windy, raining or snowing. When it is hot the temperature is high. When it is cold the temperature is low. Precipitation is water falling from the atmosphere to the ground. Precipitation can be liquid, such as rain or solid such as snow or hail (balls of ice).
Weather forecast map (UK and Ireland)
FRESHWATER
Freshwater can be drinking or non-drinking water. Water from rivers and lakes is non-drinking water. Clean freshwater is drinking water. We can only drink drinking water. People cant live without water so we must SAVE WATER.
CONDENSATION
When the clouds cool, water from the clouds falls as rain or snow.
PRECIPITATION
The water that falls to the ground eventually goes into rivers. Rivers take the water back to the ocean and seas. COLLECTION