Requirements
- 1.
Explain how each of the following is formed:
- a.
Fog e. Sleet
- b.
Rain f. Hail
- c.
Dew g. Frost
- d.
Snow
- a.
- 2.
Identify either in the sky or from pictures the following types of clouds: cirrus, cumulus, stratus, nimbus. What kind of weather is associated with each.
- 3.
Explain the action of a mercury or spirit thermometer, a mercury barometer, an aneroid barometer, and a rain gauge.
- 4.
Why is it possible to be rainy on one side of the mountain range and dry on the other? Give an illustration for your country or region.
- a.
Why is it cooler and more moist in the mountains than in the lowlands?
- b.
From which direction do rain and clear weather usually come in your locality?
- a.
- 5.
Show with the help of a diagram how the earth’s relationship to the sun produces the seasons.
- 6.
What causes lightning and thunder? What different kinds of lightning are there?
- 7.
Show with the help of a diagram what a convection is. What is its relation to winds?
- 8.
Explain how radar, satellites, and computers are used in weather forecasting.
- 9.
Tell how the following can affect our weather:
- a.
Jet stream
- b.
Volcano eruption
- a.
- 10.
Make a drawing showing the water cycle in weather.
- 11.
Make a simple wind vane or rain gauge.
- 12.
Keep a weather chart for one week and record readings at 12-hour intervals.
Include the following:
- a.
Temperature
- b.
Moisture (dew, fog, rain, frost, or snow)
- c.
Cloud formation
- d.
Wind direction
- a.
Advanced requirements
Completed after the requirements above, for the advanced version of this honor.
- 1.
Have the Weather Honor.
- 2.
Explain cyclonic and anticyclonic weather conditions and know how they bring about weather changes.
- 3.
What are cold fronts and warm fronts? How do they move and what weather conditions do they produce?
- 4.
Explain the following weather conditions:
- a.
Chinook winds
- b.
Trade winds
- c.
Belt of calms
- d.
Tornadoes
- e.
Squall line
- f.
Typhoons
- g.
Hurricanes
- h.
Blizzards
- i.
Ice storm
- a.
- 5.
Explain the action of a registering thermometer, registering barograph, hygrometer, and an anemometer.
- 6.
Correctly read a daily weather map as published by the National Weather Service, explaining the symbols and telling how predictions are made.
- 7.
What is meant by relative humidity and dew-point?
- 8.
Draw a cross-section of the atmosphere, showing its five layers. Include a description of each layer.
- 9.
Keep a daily weather chart for three weeks. Include the following:
- a.
Amount of precipitation (Secure this either from your own home-made device or from official records.)
- b.
Barometer reading
- c.
Cloud formation
- d.
High and low-temperature
- e.
Wind speed and direction
- f.
Weather forecasts and comparison to what really happened.
- a.
- 10.
Discuss the effect of mankind on weather.
About this honor
- Category
- Nature
- Skill level
- 1
- Division
- General Conference
- Edition
- 2001
- Original honor
- 1944
Requirements are published by AdventSource for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Advent Clubs reproduces them here for club leaders and links the original document above.