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Thinking Like a Scientist


MeteorologyMeteorology

the scientific study of the the scientific study of the atmosphere that focuses on atmosphere that focuses on

weather processes and forecasting weather processes and forecasting


In 350 B.C, Aristotle, an ancient Greek

philosopher, introduced the term meteorology as

“…all the affections we may call

common to air, water, and all the kinds and parts of the

earth and the affections of its parts.”


Aristotle is known as the father of meteorology.

Although some of Aristotle's ideas about rain, hailstorms, and other kinds of weather were accurate, many were not.

Like other thinkers of his time, he believed that logic and reason alone could lead to truth.


Aristotle did not think it was necessary to observe the details of the natural world in order to understand it.

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Centuries passed before natural philosophers, as scientists were called in the early years of modern science, realized that to understand things that happened in the world around them, it was necessary to measure, record, and analyze them.


Aristotle would probably be amazed by today’s world of meteorology.


Today’s weather Today’s weather scientist, orscientist, or meteorologist, must meteorologist, must have a highly have a highly specialized education specialized education from a college or from a college or university. university.

Many meteorologists Many meteorologists have degrees in have degrees in physics, chemistry, physics, chemistry, mathematics, and other mathematics, and other fields. fields.


A meteorologist uses A meteorologist uses

scientific principles to scientific principles to explain, explain, understand, understand, observe, or observe, or forecastforecast

the Earth's atmospheric phenomena and/or the Earth's atmospheric phenomena and/or how the atmosphere affects the Earth and how the atmosphere affects the Earth and life on the planet.life on the planet.

Meteorologists useinstruments to measure temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, wind speed, and direction.


For the rest of this school year, you will explore meteorology

as you observe and record the following:

Temperaturein

degrees Celsiusof course!


Precipitation: Liquid

rain Solid

snow sleetHailMetric units only!


Wind speed


Now begin thinking

like a meteorologist!

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