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Winter phenomena in nature

1. Terms and periods of winter

According to the calendar, winter begins on December 1st. December is the first winter month. And in nature, winter comes at different times every year. The first frosts are not winter yet. Frosts are replaced by warmth, snow falls and melts several times. The sky is clouded with heavy clouds. December thaws are traditional for our climate.

Winter in nature begins when the air temperature drops below 0 degrees - water bodies freeze, and the ground is covered with a strong snow cover. At first glance, winter colors are modest: white is the color of snow, blue is the sky, black is the color of trees. Everything seems boring and monotonous. Among this monotony, it would seem difficult to notice the difference between the beginning, middle and end of winter. But if you carefully observe changes in nature, you can distinguish three periods of winter.

The beginning of winter - the first winter (the first period of winter) - is celebrated from the day when snow falls for a long time. Differently in different years this time comes: at the earliest in early November, at the latest in the second half of December. The sun warms weakly in the first winter. Even at noon it is low above the horizon. Its color is often red-crimson. And it rarely appears from behind the clouds. Clouds spread low over the ground. The daytime sky is gray, dull, and frowning. It is not for nothing that this period of winter is also called the wilderness. Snowfalls and frosts alternate with thaws. When the weather thaws, winter becomes like late autumn: damp, dirty, cloudy. Although it will get warmer, and not happy about this weather. The shortest day of the year is the last day of the wilderness - December 22, day winter solstice. It is this day that scientists astronomers observing the celestial bodies consider the beginning of winter.

December 23 - the beginning of the root winter - the II period of winter. Now every day it will dawn earlier and get dark later. The sun rises higher and higher above the horizon. It shines brighter. The pale blue, light sky is filled with frosty haze. The sparkling blanket of snow with silver snowdrifts blinds your eyes. The snow shimmers in the sun with colorful, yellow, green, red, blue sparkles. Nice outfit the trees are covered with fluffy frost. During the thaw, the snow no longer melts, but only becomes slightly damp and sticky. The root winter reigns until the beginning of February, until the song of the great tit.

Then comes the final stage - the turning point of winter. More and more blue tones at this time. In the parks, dense, clear, blue shadows fall from the trees onto the snow; the snowdrifts glow with a bluish light. Blue sky day by day. The clouds are no longer grey, but float in white heaps. The sun rises higher and higher and warms so much that hiding holes form near the trees. The bright day became much longer. On a sunny day, the snow on the roofs melts and drops begin to fall. Flowing over each other and freezing in the still very cold air, droplets of melted snow form beautiful ice icicles. The snow is no longer shiny and white: it has faded, turned gray, and become loose. From above, the snow melted in the sun freezes overnight into an ice crust - present. But winter is not giving up yet. Blizzards and blizzards show their strength. Only in mid-March, with the beginning of snowmelt, will the last stage of winter end.

2. Phenomena in inanimate nature

Winter is a harsh time, especially in the northern latitudes of our hemisphere. Its calendar time is known, but it often happens that the first signs of winter come much earlier. Slush November weather gives way to December frosts, freezing the reservoirs and covering the earth in a fluffy blanket of snow. The days become short, and the nights drag on tediously, waiting for the first ray of sun.

The shortest day occurs during the winter solstice. This is December 21 on the night of 22. The shortest day and the longest night. From this time the countdown begins and daytime increases, reducing nighttime.

The clouds descend lower, becoming heavy and gray with overflowing moisture. They are not light and compact; they cover the entire winter sky, filling the air with the smell of moisture and freshness. They are the ones who bring heavy snowfalls, covering the ground with meter-long snowdrifts.

Snow is winter precipitation. In winter, they cover everything around with a thick blanket, creating a kind of microclimate that helps plants and small animals survive the harsh cold. The lower the air temperature, the looser the snow flooring becomes, the harder it crunches underfoot and pricks when you touch it.

In calm weather, snow falls in large snowflakes; with increasing intensity, the snow turns into a blizzard - the most dangerous winter phenomenon of nature. It occurs when the first gust of wind appears. He picks up the snow cover and carries it, dragging it along with him. In nature, snowstorms are distinguished between high and low snowstorms, depending on the redistribution air masses. Typically, severe snowstorms occur in the middle of winter, at the peak of seasonal temperatures. The formation of a snowy landscape depends on this natural phenomenon: wind-blown snow takes on the bizarre shapes of snowdrifts.

Frequent travel companion winter weather- icy conditions. This is an ice crust that forms on any surface after a sharp temperature change. Wet snow, rain before severe frost can provoke its appearance. As a rule, it is black ice that binds the entire area of ​​small streams and other sources of moisture, so it does not necessarily have to rain for it to appear. If there are severe, long-term frosts in winter, they freeze the deepest bodies of water, which freeze to very decent depths, and this is how ice freezes begin, paralyzing shipping. The ice will begin to move only with strong warming, when the rays of the sun begin to warm up its firmament.

Frosts are considered dangerous natural phenomena. They can be installed on for a long time, if a winter anticyclone dominates the area. As a rule, abnormal frosts are a rare occurrence. Deviation from the usual norm does not occur everywhere and not always. Low temperatures can cause significant damage to agriculture and provoke the emergence emergency, so all public utilities are on alert in winter.

Another indispensable attribute of winter is an icicle - a cone-shaped piece of ice that hangs from any plane. During the day, the sun warms the snow, it begins to melt and leak, and at night the frost intensifies, everything around freezes. The mass of the icicle grows as the snow melts, then it collapses from its own weight and crumbles when it hits the ground.

It is with the melting of icicles that the smooth transition to spring begins, when the air temperature gradually rises, the days become longer, and Frost patterns disappear, seeping melt water into the warmed ground. Snow is a winter type of precipitation. It has its own crystal structure, which is based on frozen microscopic drops of water. When a drop passes through the cold atmospheric layers of air and falls to the ground, it freezes and becomes overgrown with its fellows, clinging to them, forming six-pointed snowflakes. This form is due to the physical laws of water freezing.

What is snow made of?

Each snowflake rarely exceeds 5 mm in size, but the openwork interweaving of the edges can be very diverse. It is not yet clear why each snowflake is different from each other, why each of them has perfect symmetry. Today it has already been proven that all snowflakes have clear geometric lines that are combined in a hexagonal format; it is the water molecule itself that has a hexagonal shape, therefore, freezing in the clouds and turning into an ice crystal, water is formed according to this principle, capturing other molecules along the chain, located in close proximity.

The bizarre shape is influenced by both air temperature and humidity. But no one today doubts that a snowflake, in its essence, is links in one chain of frozen water molecules. The contours of the snowflake itself are angular. The tips most likely resemble sharp points or needles. Moreover, they are all different, each snowflake has its own pointed pattern. Today there is no answer to the question of why this happens. Perhaps very soon we will witness new scientific discoveries that will reveal to us the secret of geometric symmetry and the dissimilarity of snowflakes.

The presence of snow plays an important role. A blanket of snow covers the ground in a thick layer of white blanket. It keeps warm and prevents plants and small animals from dying. Without it, winter crops will die, there will be no harvest, and no bread will be born. Snow creates that necessary supply of moisture, which is so important during spring awakening. Therefore, the importance of snow cannot be overestimated.

3. Winter dormancy of plants

In the middle latitudes, where winter is accompanied by a significant decrease in temperature compared to summer, plants practically do not grow in winter, or grow very, very weakly, almost imperceptibly. It is generally accepted that plants enter a period of dormancy or hibernation, since their vital processes are weak.

Snow is a poor conductor of heat; it covers the ground like a blanket; it protects overwintering plants from cooling.

Annuals have seeds in the ground. Winter plants under the snow remain green all winter.

Some plants (shepherd's purse, pansy), which bloom until late autumn, retain leaves and buds under the snow that will bloom in the spring.

In perennial herbaceous plants, the above-ground parts die, and the remaining bulbs, tubers, and rhizomes are protected by snow from the cold.

Trees and shrubs, with the exception of conifers, stand bare. The life of these plants is hidden in the buds. They are protected from cold and moisture by dense scales. The trees' nutrition and sap flow are temporarily stopped. Starch accumulated in their tissues is converted into fats and sugar, this increases the frost resistance of plants and protects the protein of their cells from coagulation.

In the second half of winter, under the influence of increasing radiation, many trees develop a pre-spring “tan”: the brownish color of their bark takes on a reddish tint (in willow, birch, linden) or purple (in alder).

In the second period of winter, dormancy ends for most trees and shrubs: leaves bloom on branches brought into a warm room after a few days. The buds of poplar, birch, hazel, bird cherry, and currant develop especially quickly.

In the pre-spring period, trees have more high temperature, than the air surrounding them, so the snow near the trunks begins to melt.

Botanists divide the rest period into two categories: forced and deep. In some sources, the rest period is called natural and artificial. Forced or artificial rest is associated with the absence normal conditions for the growing season, but if you provide the plant with the missing conditions, it will come out of dormancy and wake up. The forced period of dormancy can be explained using the example of plant seeds: collected seeds are usually stored in a dry room until planting time. This is a forced state of dormancy, since when the seeds are wetted or moisture is supplied to them, the state of dormancy ends and the seeds begin to germinate normally.

The duration of the rest period is the same as different types, and among varieties within the same plant species can vary significantly. This is due to the genetic characteristics of the plant and the conditions external environment. Therefore, children of the same hibiscus, spaced along the southern and northern window sills, can fall into a state of rest and emerge from it in different time, however, the biochemical mechanisms underlying dormancy and germination, internal and external factors, are common to all plants.

winter snowflake nature

4. Differences between plants in the leafless state

When identifying tree and shrub plants in a leafless state, you should pay attention to the morphological features of the structure of buds and shoots.

The buds are apical and lateral - or axillary. The buds of woody plants are covered with scales, the shape and color of which depends on biological features one or another tree species.

Based on their origin, buds are divided into leaf and flower buds, the latter being larger than leaf buds.

Based on the structure of the buds, they are divided into naked and covered. Bare buds are devoid of outer integumentary scales and are usually formed by young, undeveloped leaves (for example, in brittle buckthorn).

Covered buds can be covered with one (cap-shaped) or several scales. For example, willow buds are covered with one scale, fused from two; poplar buds are covered with several scales. Maple buds are covered with an even number of scales located oppositely.

In woody plants with a two-row arrangement of buds (hornbeam, elm), the scales on the buds are also arranged in two rows. The bud may be directly located above the leaf scar. Such a bud is called sessile, in contrast to petiolate, when there are petioles under the bud (petiolate buds can be seen in currants, turf, alder, etc.). The buds are sometimes barely visible or not visible if hidden under the leaf cushion or leaf scar. They are called hidden (cinquefoil, etc.) in contrast to free buds, which are openly located on the shoot.

Depending on the morphological and biological characteristics of woody plants, the location of buds on the shoot may be different. Opposite - the buds are located one opposite the other (maple, ash, lilac, viburnum). The next arrangement can be divided into spiral and double-row. Spiral - buds are found around the entire stem and the line connecting them forms a spiral (aspen, oak, birch). Double-row - all buds are located in one plane in two rows (linden, hornbeam, elm). Serial buds are located in several pieces above the leaf scar. Collateral buds - several buds are located in a row under the leaf scar, one next to the other (representatives of the pink, plum subfamily).

After the leaf falls, a leaf scar remains in the place where it was attached to the shoot. Leaf scars can be narrow or wide depending on the size of the base of the petiole. Large leaf scars are characteristic of elderberry, ash, and walnut.

The shape of leaf scars also varies. For example, in maple it looks like a broken line; in Amur velvet it is horseshoe-shaped, and in linden it is rounded-elliptical. Sometimes leaf scars are difficult to distinguish, because they are hidden under the base of the petioles (raspberry, honeysuckle).

On the leaf scar, leaf traces are visible in the form of dots - the places through which the leaf vein passed. The number of leaf traces is a generic characteristic, i.e. all species of woody plants of a given genus have the same number of traces. For example, the caragana genus is characterized by 1 trace; for maple and elm - three traces; for oak - more than 3 traces, they are concentrated in three groups; for lilac and ash there are many marks that form a horseshoe-shaped line.

When identifying woody plants by shoots, you should pay attention to the presence of glands, thorns, and thorns on the shoots. The spines are outgrowths of the epidermis (lignified glands and hairs).

Thorns are found mainly in different types of roses. The spines are a modification of the shoot (the spines of hawthorn, oleaster, sea buckthorn, pear); leaf metamorphosis is: barberry spines, which are simple, two-, three- and five-partite; metamorphosis of stipules - yellow and white acacia). Warts on the stem are outgrowths of the epidermis (birch, euonymus). The outgrowths of the epidermis include aromatic glands in black currants; they give it a peculiar smell, have a golden color and are concentrated on the shoots near the buds and on the bud scales. Outgrowths of the epidermis are cork growths (in such breeds as: European euonymus, winged, etc.).

References

1. S.A. Veretennikova. “Introducing preschoolers to nature”; Moscow “Enlightenment”, 1973.

2. L.A.Kamneva, A.K. Matveeva, L.M. Mantseva. “How to introduce preschoolers to nature”; Moscow “Enlightenment”, 1983.

3. L.M. Mantseva, P.G. Samorukova “The world of nature and the child”; St. Petersburg “Childhood-press”, 2000.

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Topic: “Winter changes in inanimate nature.”

Makarova A.V.

Purpose: to give an idea of characteristic features winter.

Tasks:

Educational

*inform children about the relationship between changes occurring in living and non-living nature;

Developmental

*develop in children the ability to think, analyze, compare, draw conclusions, reason;

Educating

*instill a love for native nature and winter landscapes.

Methods and techniques: game and conversation.

Equipment: paintings of winter, sound recording “If only there were no winter”, “Seasons” by P.I. Tchaikovsky “Seasons”, paintings by Zimushka - winter.

Progress of educational activities.

I. Organizational moment: - Guys, today we have an unusual activity, we’ll go on a trip, but first we’ll solve a riddle:

Snow on the fields, ice on the rivers,

The blizzard is walking. When does this happen? (Winter).

And today, while traveling, we will identify signs of winter in inanimate nature. And poems by famous authors will help us. Through the beauty of poetry we will express our feelings.

Name the objects inanimate nature: sun, moon, earth, snow, sky, clouds. Name the signs of winter in inanimate nature. Cold weather, snow, frost. Why does this depend? From the position of the sun. In summer, the sun is high in the sky and gives the earth a lot of light and warmth. In winter, it is located lower, so it gives the earth less light and heat, and the position of the sun determines the air temperature, color and condition of the sky, and precipitation and wind depend on the temperature. Nature, a sorceress, has prepared a lot of interesting things. One of them is the change of seasons. You may ask: why is this a miracle? Every year one season gives way to another. Summer is always followed by autumn, and autumn is always followed by winter. Spring gives way to winter. Every season is beautiful and interesting in its own way. Everyone has their own secrets, riddles, miracles and fairy tales! But the most fairy tales happen when? In winter.

II.New material.Winter. Winter changes in inanimate nature. Let's listen to what's happening outside the window. (The snow creaks underfoot, the wind howls, cars hum, people talk.) Try to find the brightest, most accurate words to describe this morning. (The morning is cloudy, stormy, cold, gray, frosty, gloomy, inhospitable. Let's close our eyes and say: “winter”...What feeling arose? It became cold and cheerful... Because we love winter. Children go out and read poems about winter.

First snow. In the morning the cat brought it on its paws

First snow! First snow!

It has taste and smell,

First snow! First snow!

He is spinning, light, new,

Over the guys' heads

He managed a down scarf

Spread on the pavement...

(Ya. Yakim).

-Who saw the first snow fall?

(He walked slowly, leisurely). Tell us what kind of snowflakes you saw. (Lacy, silver, delicate, fluffy, lacy, light.) What could you compare the snowflakes with? White as sugar. -Light as feathers. - Openwork, like lace. What do snowflakes do? (They fly, fall, spin).

And now I will tell you the secret of the birth of snowflakes. To the music of P. I. Tchaikovsky “The Seasons”. The teacher talks. And now I ask you to close your eyes and imagine one - a single snowflake, not like anyone else, because it is your snowflake, you created it in your imagination. Introduced?

Now take a blue pencil and draw it.

Physical education lesson: warm-up game “We are catching snow in our palms!” snow!"Children come out and read excerpts from the poems “Winter Evening”

The storm covers the sky with darkness,

Whirling snow whirlwinds

The way she howls

Then he will cry like a child...

(A. Pushkin).

The day came, and suddenly it got dark.

The lights are on, we look out the window...

The snow falls white-white,

Why is it so dark?

(V. Berestov).

What is a storm in winter?

Why does darkness form in the sky?

Why did it become dark?

What is this phenomenon called? (Snowfall).

When the wind blows, the snow no longer lies calmly and evenly on the ground, but rushes through the air. Very strong wind carries not only falling snow, but also lying on the ground. Such snowfalls are called blizzards.

III. Summing up, reflection.

Name the signs of winter in inanimate nature. Which poets helped us identify these features? Children name. (Hoarfrost, snowfall, blizzard, blizzard, thaw, frost, snowflakes, icicles).


Everything that surrounds us and that is not created by human hands is called nature. All changes that we can observe in the world around us are natural phenomena. Let's consider what natural phenomena there are depending on the time of year.

Phenomena of living nature

As you know, nature can be living and non-living. Let's get acquainted with examples of living nature phenomena.

All living beings inhabiting our planet - humans, animals, birds, insects, fish, all types of plants, bacteria and various microbes - belong to the world of living nature.

In winter, nature seems to fall into sleep, and all living things prepare for this state:

  • Trees and bushes shed their leaves . This is because winter is very cold and there is little light, and normal leaves cannot grow in such conditions. But at coniferous species trees have leaves in the form of thin needles, which are not afraid of any frost. They fall off gradually, and new needles grow in their place.
  • In winter in conditions wildlife very little food . For this reason, some animals - bears, hedgehogs, chipmunks, badgers - hibernate in order to survive inclement weather. winter times. They dig themselves warm, cozy holes and sleep there until spring comes. Those animals that continue to live an active life in winter acquire a thick coat that prevents them from freezing.

Rice. 1. Bear in a den

  • With the onset of the first cold weather, many birds go to warmer climes to spend the winter there with greater comfort. Only those species of birds that have learned to eat different foods remain in their homeland.

In winter, even those birds that live in the city have a very hard time. There are almost no insects, berries and grains too. To help your feathered friends wait for the gentle spring sun, you can make feeders and feed them during the cold season.

In spring, nature awakens, and plants are the first to react: buds bloom on the trees, new leaves appear, and young green grass sprouts.

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Rice. 2. Spring forest

The animals are very happy about the long-awaited warmth. Now you can leave your dens and minks and return to an active life. Animals and birds have offspring in the spring, and their worries increase.

In summer and early autumn, nature pleases with warm weather, an abundance of fruits, vegetables, and berries. Animals raise their babies, teach them how to get food for themselves and how to defend themselves from enemies. In the fall, many animals make provisions for the winter, preparing for the upcoming cold weather.

Phenomena of inanimate nature

Inanimate nature includes all celestial bodies, water, air, soil, minerals, and stones.

In winter, natural phenomena are very harsh. It's good when it snows softly and the world turns into winter's tale. It is much worse when there is a fierce snowstorm, blizzard or blizzard outside.

In the steppe, open area A blizzard is terrible in its strength - a strong blizzard, which makes it difficult to see anything even close up. Finding themselves in the center of a snowstorm, many travelers lost their bearings in space and froze.

Rice. 3. Blizzard

In spring, nature throws off its snowy shackles:

  • Ice drift begins on the rivers - melting and movement of ice downstream.
  • The snow is melting, the first thawed patches appear - small areas thawed snow.
  • Warm winds begin to blow, winter precipitation changes to rain and spring showers.
  • Daylight hours are becoming longer and nights are becoming shorter.

All summer phenomena of inanimate nature are directly related to warming. Dry, hot weather sets in, with variable precipitation. Rains may begin suddenly, with thunder and lightning. But within half an hour after heavy rain, the sun will shine brightly in the sky again.

And only in summer you can admire such a wonderful natural phenomenon as a rainbow!

With the onset of autumn, the daylight hours shorten again, the air temperature drops, and it often rains for a long time. In the morning, at the first frost, a thin layer of ice - frost - may appear on the surface of the earth and objects.

What have we learned?

In 2nd grade, the world around us studies such an interesting topic as “Natural Phenomena.” We learned that nature can be living and non-living, and its phenomena largely depend on the time of year.

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Take a close look at the snowman, what is he like? sad or happy? -Describe the sad snowman. -Why is he so sad?

Snowman's story: A crow flew in, sat right on his shoulder, pecked him and said that he was not tasty. -Why did the crow say that? -What is the snowman made of? -What is snow? -What types of snowflakes are there? -So our snowman is beautiful? But the snowman is again not happy, since the crow did not like the taste of it. Snow is a form of precipitation consisting of small ice crystals

Look at the snow, examine it. -What is he like? -Why is snow sticky?

At what temperature can snow be sticky? - What is snow like at subzero temperatures? -What will happen with snow if you bring it indoors?

Physical education lesson We are snowflakes, we are fluffs, we dance day and night. We are snowflakes - ballerinas, we don’t mind twirling. Let's all stand together now, it turns out to be a snowball. A breeze blew and all the snow flew away.

Can you eat snow? -What kind of water will you get if you melt snow? -What color is the water? -If it has a smell, taste? -Why did the crow call the snowman not tasty?

Compare the snowmen, how funny and how sad. Why did you decide so?

Winter phenomena in inanimate nature: Blizzard - transfer of snow by wind into ground layer air Snowfall - snow falling from clouds Blizzard - wind transfer of snow over the ground (=blizzard)

Winter phenomena in inanimate nature: Ice - a layer of dense glassy ice Buran-steppe blizzard Thaw - temporary Frost - a thin layer of melting snow in winter, ice crystals in early spring formed from atmospheric water vapor


What are natural phenomena? What are they? You will find answers to these questions in this article. The material can be useful both for preparing for a lesson on the world around us and for general development.

Everything that surrounds us and is not created by human hands is nature.

All changes that occur in nature are called natural phenomena or natural phenomena. The rotation of the Earth, its movement in orbit, the change of day and night, the change of seasons are examples of natural phenomena.

Seasons are also called seasons. Therefore, natural phenomena associated with the changing seasons are called seasonal phenomena.

Nature, as you know, can be inanimate and living.

Inanimate nature includes: the Sun, stars, celestial bodies, air, water, clouds, stones, minerals, soil, precipitation, mountains.

Living nature includes plants (trees), mushrooms, animals (animals, fish, birds, insects), microbes, bacteria, and humans.

In this article we will look at winter, spring, summer and autumn natural phenomena in animate and inanimate nature.

Winter natural phenomena

Examples of winter phenomena in inanimate nature Examples of winter phenomena in wildlife
  • Snow is a type of winter precipitation in the form of crystals or flakes.
  • Snowfall – heavy snowfall in winter.
  • A blizzard is a strong blowing snowstorm that occurs mainly in flat, treeless areas.
  • A blizzard is a snow storm with strong winds.
  • A snowstorm is a winter phenomenon in inanimate nature, when a strong wind raises a cloud of dry snow and impairs visibility at low temperatures.
  • Buran is a blizzard in the steppe area, in open areas.
  • Blizzard - wind transfer of previously fallen and (or) falling snow.
  • Glaze is the formation of a thin layer of ice on the surface of the earth as a result of cold weather after a thaw or rain.
  • Ice - the formation of a layer of ice on the surface of the earth, trees, wires and other objects that form after freezing drops of rain or drizzle;
  • Icicles - icing when liquid drains in the form of a cone pointed downward.
  • Frosty patterns are essentially frost that forms on the ground and on tree branches and on windows.
  • Freeze-up – a natural phenomenon when a continuous ice cover is established on rivers, lakes and other bodies of water;
  • Clouds are a collection of water droplets and ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere, visible in the sky with the naked eye.
  • Ice, as a natural phenomenon, is the process of transition of water into a solid state.
  • Frost is a phenomenon when the temperature drops below 0 degrees Celsius.
  • Frost is a snow-white fluffy coating that grows on tree branches and wires in calm frosty weather, mainly during fog, appearing with the first sharp cold snaps.
  • Thaw - warm weather in winter with the melting of snow and ice.
  • Bear hibernation is a period of slowing down of life processes and metabolism in homeothermic animals during periods of low food availability.
  • Hibernation of hedgehogs - due to lack of nutrition in winter, hedgehogs hibernate.
  • The change in color of a hare from gray to white is a mechanism by which hares adapt to a change in environment.
  • The squirrel's color change from red to bluish-gray is a mechanism by which squirrels adapt to changing environments.
  • Bullfinches and tits arrive
  • People dressed in winter clothes

Spring natural phenomena

Names of spring phenomena in inanimate nature Names of spring phenomena in wildlife
  • Ice drift is the movement of ice downstream during river melting.
  • Snowmelt is a natural phenomenon when the snow begins to melt.
  • Thawed patches are a phenomenon early spring, when areas that have thawed from snow appear, most often around trees.
  • Flood is a phase that occurs annually at the same time. water regime rivers with a characteristic rise in water level.
  • Thermal winds are the general name for winds associated with temperature differences that occur between cold spring night and a relatively warm sunny day.
  • The first thunderstorm - atmospheric phenomenon when electrical discharges - lightning - occur between the cloud and the earth's surface, which are accompanied by thunder.
  • Snow melting
  • The babbling of brooks
  • Drops - melting snow falling from roofs, from trees in drops, as well as these drops themselves.
  • Flowering of early flowering plants (bushes, trees, flowers)
  • The appearance of insects
  • Arrival of migratory birds
  • Sap flow in plants - that is, the movement of water and dissolved in it minerals from the root system to the aboveground part.
  • Budding
  • Emergence of a flower from a bud
  • Emergence of foliage
  • Birdsong
  • Birth of baby animals
  • Bears and hedgehogs wake up after hibernation
  • Molting in animals - changing the winter coat to thorns

Summer natural phenomena

Summer natural phenomena in inanimate nature Summer natural phenomena in wildlife
  • A thunderstorm is an atmospheric phenomenon when electrical discharges - lightning - occur between a cloud and the earth's surface, which are accompanied by thunder.
  • Lightning is a giant electrical spark discharge in the atmosphere that can usually occur during a thunderstorm, resulting in a bright flash of light and accompanying thunder.
  • Lightning - instant flashes of light on the horizon during a distant thunderstorm. This phenomenon is usually observed in dark time days. At the same time, thunderclaps are not heard due to the distance, but flashes of lightning are visible, the light of which is reflected from cumulonimbus clouds (mainly their tops). The phenomenon was popularly timed to coincide with the end of summer, the beginning of the harvest, and is sometimes called bakers.
  • Thunder is a sound phenomenon in the atmosphere that accompanies a lightning strike.
  • Hail is a type of rainfall consisting of pieces of ice.
  • A rainbow is one of the most beautiful natural phenomena, resulting from the refraction of sunlight in water droplets suspended in the air.
  • Shower - heavy (heavy) rain.
  • Heat is a state of the atmosphere characterized by hot, heated sun rays air.
  • Dew is small drops of moisture that settle on plants or soil when the morning coolness sets in.
  • Summer warm rains
  • The grass is turning green
  • Flowers are blooming
  • Mushrooms and berries grow in the forest

Autumn natural phenomena

Autumn phenomena in inanimate nature Autumn phenomena in wildlife
  • Wind is a flow of air moving parallel to the earth's surface.
  • Fog is a cloud that “descends” to the surface of the earth.
  • Rain is a type of precipitation that falls from clouds in the form of liquid droplets, the diameter of which varies from 0.5 to 5-7 mm.
  • Slush is liquid mud formed from rain and sleet in wet weather.
  • Frost is a thin layer of ice that covers the surface of the earth and other objects located on it at sub-zero temperatures.
  • Frost – light frost in the range of 1 to 3 degrees Celsius.
  • Autumn ice drift is the movement of ice on rivers and lakes under the influence of currents or wind at the beginning of freezing of reservoirs.
  • Leaf fall is the process of leaves falling from trees.
  • Migration of birds to the south

Unusual natural phenomena

What natural phenomena still exist? In addition to those described above seasonal phenomena There are several more types of nature that are not associated with any time of year.

  • Flood called a short-term sudden rise in water level in a river. This sharp rise may be a consequence of heavy rains, the melting of large amounts of snow, the release of an impressive volume of water from the reservoir, or the collapse of glaciers.
  • Northern lights- glow upper layers atmospheres of planets with magnetospheres due to their interaction with charged particles of the solar wind.
  • Ball lightning- a rare natural phenomenon that looks like a luminous formation floating in the air.
  • Mirageoptical phenomenon in the atmosphere: refraction of light streams at the boundary between layers of air that are sharply different in density and temperature.
  • « Falling star" - an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs when meteoroids enter the Earth's atmosphere
  • Hurricane- extremely fast and strong air movement, often of great destructive power and considerable duration
  • Tornado- an ascending vortex of extremely quickly rotating air in the form of a funnel of enormous destructive power, in which moisture, sand and other suspended matter are present.
  • Ebbs and flows- These are changes in the water level of the sea elements and the World Ocean.
  • Tsunami- long and high waves generated by a powerful impact on the entire thickness of water in the ocean or other body of water.
  • Earthquake- represent tremors and vibrations of the earth's surface. The most dangerous of them arise due to tectonic displacements and ruptures in the earth's crust or upper mantle of the Earth
  • Tornadoatmospheric vortex, arising in a cumulonimbus (thunderstorm) cloud and spreading down, often to the very surface of the earth, in the form of a cloud arm or trunk with a diameter of tens and hundreds of meters
  • Eruption- the process of ejection by a volcano earth's surface hot debris, ash, an outpouring of magma, which, pouring out to the surface, becomes lava.
  • Floods- flooding of land with water, which is a natural disaster.