CLASS ACTIVITY 3rd GRADE JUNE 3rd

INSTRUCTION: LOOK FOR THE MEANINGS AND/OR DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS IN YOUR SCIENCE BOOKS UNIT 9.

TEMPERATURE:weather is about temperature, precipitation and wind speed. When temperature is high, we say it is hot. 

PRECIPITATION: is the amount of water that falls of the land in a specific place.

RAIN GAUGE: we use a rain gauge to measure precipitation.

WIND: win is the movement of air.

HURRICANE: is a storm with extremely strong wind.

TRIBUTARIES:rivers that flow into others rivers are called tributaries.

RIVER COURSE: is the route the river follows from the source to the mouth.

FLOW:the flow is the amount of water that a river carries.

DAM:is a wall that is built to hold back water.

CANAL: canals are man-made rivers.

LAKES: lakes are huge areas of water surrounded by land. 

RESERVOIRS: are man-men lakes.

UPPER COURSE: is near the source. It carries only a little water, and it moves very fast.

LOWER COURSE: is where the river meets the ocean or lake.

MIDDLE COURSE: flows through areas where there is not much change in altitude.

MEANDERS: sometimes the river bends and twist in this part. These bends are called meanders.

INSTRUCTION: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

WHAT AFFECT THE LANDSCAPE? The landscape is affected by the weather and the water. 

WE FIND WATER IN THESE THREE FORMS: rivers, lakes, reservoirs and oceans.

NAME THE TYPES OF WEATHER: heat and cold

NAME THE INSTRUMENTS WE USE TO MEASURE TEMPERATURE, PRECIPITATION AND WIND: to measure temperature we use a thermometer, to measure precipitation we use a rain gauge and to measure wind we use a wind sock or weather vane.