Genre Nonfiction Comprehension Skill Make Inferences Text Features Captions Diagram Labels Glossary Science Content Weather Scott Foresman Science 3.6 ISBN 0-328-13824-X ì<(sk$m)=bdiceb< +^-Ä-U-Ä- Vocabulary atmosphere blizzard hurricane tornado weather What did you learn? 1. What are two qualities of air that help people describe the weather? 2. What does a barometer measure? 3. How do satellites help us predict the weather? Picture Credits Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions. Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R), Background (Bkgd). Opener: Digital Vision; 3 (TR) Getty Images; 5 Jim Reed/Corbis; 6 Getty Images; 7 Getty Images; 9 (TL) Getty Images, (BR) Digital Vision; 10 Getty Images; 11 Getty Images; 12 Corbis; 13 Getty Images; 14 (BL, BR) Getty Images; 15 (BL) Digital Vision, (BR) Brand X Pictures. Scott Foresman/Dorling Kindersley would also like to thank: 4 (BR) Stephen Oliver/DK Images. Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the copyright © of Dorling Kindersley, a division of Pearson. ISBN: 0-328-13824-X Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to Permissions Department, Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 V010 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 4. You have now Oram read about whybyit Lisa snows so much in New York State. Using words from the book, write to explain why New York State