T3 W7 Mango Severe Weather SJ SL

WALT understand different kinds of severe weather.

WALT think critically about some of the effects that different weather patterns can have.

Interesting or Tricky Words	Meaning
climate	An average of the weather conditions an area gets over months and years
continent	One of the larger land masses in the world such as australia africa
erode	Wear away
forecasters	People whose job it is to analyze and predict the weather
satellites	Objects in space that go around earth collect information for example information about weather
Water vapour	The gas state of water not liquid or solid
Southern alps	A range of mountains running along a large section of south island
metservice	A new Zealand organisation  That provides weather forecasts

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.