Why is the study of weather on earth called meteorology?

Answer 1

Very good question. Most of your answers were close but not smack on, so here is the definitive answer. Meteorology is indeed a derivative of a compound Greek word consisting of meteora, meaning "high things" and logia, meaning "discussion of". Hence a literal translation of this transliteration of the compound Greek word is "discussion of high things" or "discussion of things in the air".

Answer 2

Meteorology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere that focuses on weather processes and forecasting. Meteorological phenomena are observable weather events which illuminate and are explained by the science of meteorology. Those events are bound by the variables that exist in Earth's atmosphere. They are temperature, pressure, water vapor, and the gradients and interactions of each variable, and how they change in time. The majority of Earth's observed weather is located in the troposphere.

Meteorology, climatology, atmospheric physics, and atmospheric chemistry are sub-disciplines of the atmospheric sciences. Meteorology and hydrology comprise the interdisciplinary field of hydrometeorology.

Interactions between our atmosphere and the oceans are part of coupled ocean-atmosphere studies. Meteorology has application in many diverse fields such as the military, energy production, farming, shipping and construction

Answer 3

Because it is in the atmosphere where meteors come through. A meteor is a peice of an asteroid that enters earth's atmosphere and a meteorite is a a meteor that doesn't burn up in the atmosphere but makes it all the way through and hits earth.

Answer 4

At one time all atmospheric phenomena were called meteors. There were hydrometeors (wet meteors) like rain, snow and hail and igneous meteors (fire meteors) like lightning, the auroras and shooting stars. A person who studied these phenomena was a meteorologist.

Over time, the term "meteor" became more restricted and now means shooting stars only - the one meteor not studied by modern meteorologists. The name remains, however, and links weather people to their past.

Answer 5

Its from the Greek meteorologia meaning a discussion of atmosphere phenomena.

Answer 6

meteorology oceanography is the study of the oceans and seismology is study of the earthquakes and other things having to do with the ground

Answer 7

it's from the greek meteoron which means "of the atmosphere"

Answer 8

what is it called on YOUR planet?