WALT understand different kinds of severe weather.
WALT think critically about some of the effects that different weather patterns can have.
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Meaning
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climate
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An average of the weather conditions an area gets over months and years
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continent
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One of the larger land masses in the world such as australia africa
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erode
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Wear away
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forecasters
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People whose job it is to analyze and predict the weather
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satellites
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Objects in space that go around earth collect information for example information about weather
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Water vapour
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The gas state of water not liquid or solid
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Southern alps
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A range of mountains running along a large section of south island
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metservice
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A new Zealand organisation
That provides weather forecasts
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2. Choose one of the subheadings in your text. Summarise the information in your own words - one paragraph.
snow
Snow is formed when water vapour turns into ice without first turning into water. The snow then falls to the ground it snows on New Zealand hills and mountains every winter, mostly in the South Island. Sometimes the snow spreads further. New Zealand’s most widespread snowfall on record was in the winter of 1939. Snow fell on the lighthouse at the top of the North Island.