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What do you know about weather and climate?, by Gillian Gosman

Label
What do you know about weather and climate?, by Gillian Gosman
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
What do you know about weather and climate?
Responsibility statement
by Gillian Gosman
Series statement
20 Questions: Earth science
Summary
Learn what causes storms, how geography affects weather patterns, and how climate change affects the whole planet
Table Of Contents
What is weather? -- Q 2: what do scientists who study weather measure? -- Q 3: what causes the seasons to change? -- Q 4: why is there more daylight in the summer than in the winter? -- Q 5: what is the sun's role in our weather? -- Q 6: why does warm air rise? -- Q 7: what causes wind? -- Q 8: how do clouds form? -- Q 9: what is precipitation? -- Q 10: what causes snow, sleet, or hail to form? -- Q 11: what causes thunderstorms/thunder and lightning? -- Q 12: what causes tornadoes? -- Q 13: what causes tropical storms and hurricanes? -- Q 14: how do land forms affect weather? -- Q 15: what is climate and how does it differ from weather? -- Q 16: what is climate change? -- Q 17: what causes changes in the climate? -- Q 18: what is the greenhouse effect? -- Q 19: what causes temporary climate changes? -- Q 20: what are people doing to reverse human-made climate change?
Target audience
juvenile
Classification
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