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BOY SCOUT: Weather Badge

Note: Lion Country Safari's badge workshop will help your Scout group
prepare for earning a badge. The following list will help you to understand
what Lion Country Safari covers, and what the Scout and/or group will need
to do to complete the badge requirements. All badge workshops must be
arranged in advance.

At Lion Country Safari
(during your badge workshop)		 Scouts need to do on their own
(or as a Den activity)
1. Define meteorology. Explain how the weather affects
farmers, sailors, aviators, and the outdoor construction
industry. Tell why weather forecasts are important to each
of these groups.
2. Name five dangerous weather-related conditions. Give
the safety rules for each when outdoors and explain the
difference between a severe weather watch and a warning.
Discuss the safety rules with your family.
3. Tell the difference between a cold front and a warm front.
4. Tell what causes wind, why it rains, and how lightning
and hail are formed. Explain the difference between high
and low pressure systems in the atmosphere and tell
which is related to good and poor weather.
5. Identify and describe clouds in the low, middle, and
upper levels; relate to weather.
7. Define acid rain. Identify which human activities pollute
the atmosphere as well as the effects such pollution can
have on people.

3. Draw cross sections of a cold front and a warm front
showing the locations and movements of the cold and
warm air; the frontal slope; the location of and types
of clouds associated with the front, and the location
of rain.
6. Draw a diagram of the water cycle and label its
major processes. Explain the water cycle to your
counselor
8. a & b (See book)
9. a or b (See book)