What does meteorology mean?
Word: Meteorology
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Meteorology means the science that studies the atmosphere and the weather, and uses it to make forecasts.
How do you spell meteorology?
Syllables: me - te - or - ol - o - gy
Tricky part: Students squash the ending into olgy; it is ology, with an o on each side of the l.
Watch out for: metereology, meteorlogy, meteorolgy
Memory tip: Count the o's at the end: one comes before the l and one after it, ol-o-gy, as in geology.
Meteorology in a sentence
Example 1: The Met Office in Britain uses meteorology to warn people about storms.
Example 2: My brother wants to study meteorology because he loves tracking storms.
Example 3: Weather satellites changed meteorology by showing clouds from space.
Fun Fact
Meteorology has nothing to do with studying meteors. The name comes from Aristotle's book Meteorologica, in which meteora meant all things high up in the air, from clouds and rain to shooting stars.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) temprature
b) geograpy
c) astronemy
d) meteorology
Show answer
d) meteorology. Geography has lost an h, astronomy has the wrong vowel, and temperature needs its e after the p.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Kenji's uncle studied meterology and now forecasts the monsoon for a news channel.
a) meterology
b) forecasts
c) monsoon
d) uncle
Show answer
a) meterology. Meteor keeps its o before r: meteor-ology.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
yoltgeomore
a) terminology
b) mythology
c) metrology
d) meteorology
Show answer
d) meteorology. Metrology is a real word, the science of measuring, but it is short of an e and an o.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which instrument is a meteorologist most likely to use?
a) a barometer
b) a telescope
c) a microscope
d) a seismograph
Show answer
a) a barometer
2. Which forecast comes from meteorology?
a) The share market may rise on Friday.
b) Heavy rain is likely in London on Friday.
c) A comet will be visible on Friday night.
d) The train will be ten minutes late on Friday.
Show answer
b) Heavy rain is likely in London on Friday.
