The Parapara Detectives School Journal Level 3, October 2013

WALT explore a problem and the arguments for and against different solutions.

WALT work out the meaning of unknown words.

Arahia - T3 W7 - Mango - Severe Weather SJ SL 3

Name: Arahia

T3 W7 - Mango - Severe Weather SJ SL 3

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
Forecasters	To say/predict what you think will happen in  the future
Radar	A radar is a object that helps you see stuff behind or in clouds,fog,darkness.
Metservice	A New Zealand organisation that provides weather forecasters.
Satellites	Objects in space that go around the earth and collect information about the weather.
Erode	Wear away.
Southern Alps	A bundle of mountains surrounding each other.
Gale force	Winds between  60 and 115 kilometres per hour.
Water vapour	The gas produced when water evaporates.
Severe	Hash weather that affects people's lives or that damages people's property.
Climate	The usual weather in a place.

2. Choose one of the subheadings in your text. Summarise the information in your own words - one paragraph.

Wind- Wind is air that moves. Wind can move lightly or it could move heavy.Wind is really cold sometimes when its windy it can rain.If your wondering why smoke/wind does not fall it is because it is too light for gravity.

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