The station’s location makes regular (17) .......... difficult during the coldest months.
A sensor is replaced whenever its readings become (18) .......... or inconsistent.
The team has developed an ice-(19) .......... method of protecting cables.
Students can download a (20) .......... version of the latest data for classroom projects.
The engineers avoid making (21) .......... claims about what a single unusual reading means.
One aim is to make scientific monitoring more (22) .......... to people who live below the mountain.
The new shelter would have to be (23) .......... with the surrounding landscape.
The organisers say the project’s long-term (24) .......... depends on local support.
Visitors are shown how a reading moves from an instrument to the public database. The explanation emphasises that the value of a long record lies not in one dramatic event but in carefully collected comparisons over time.
The station keeps a written record of every maintenance visit, including the reason for any change. This record helps future volunteers distinguish a genuine shift in conditions from a difference caused by equipment.
Copies of the original readings are retained so that later users can check how a comparison was made.
The station’s location makes regular (17) .......... difficult during the coldest months.
A sensor is replaced whenever its readings become (18) .......... or inconsistent.
The team has developed an ice-(19) .......... method of protecting cables.
Students can download a (20) .......... version of the latest data for classroom projects.
The engineers avoid making (21) .......... claims about what a single unusual reading means.
One aim is to make scientific monitoring more (22) .......... to people who live below the mountain.
The new shelter would have to be (23) .......... with the surrounding landscape.
The organisers say the project’s long-term (24) .......... depends on local support.
Visitors are shown how a reading moves from an instrument to the public database. The explanation emphasises that the value of a long record lies not in one dramatic event but in carefully collected comparisons over time.
The station keeps a written record of every maintenance visit, including the reason for any change. This record helps future volunteers distinguish a genuine shift in conditions from a difference caused by equipment.
Copies of the original readings are retained so that later users can check how a comparison was made.
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Mountain weather station — Part 3: Word Formation
"Mountain weather station" focuses on Word Formation (Part 3), where a base word in capitals must be transformed to fit a gap in the text. Cambridge tests prefixation, suffixation, internal changes and negative forms. Before writing, identify the word class required (noun, adjective, adverb or verb) and whether the sentence needs a negative or comparative form. Spelling accuracy matters — an otherwise correct stem with a typo scores zero.
The station’s location makes regular (17) .......... difficult during the coldest months.
A sensor is replaced whenever its readings become (18) .......... or inconsistent.
The team has developed an ice-(19) .......... method of protecting cables.
Students can download a (20) .......... version of the latest data for classroom projects.
The engineers avoid making (21) .......... claims about what a single unusual reading means.
One aim is to make scientific monitoring more (22) .......... to people who live below the mountain.
The new shelter would have to be (23) .......... with the surrounding landscape.
The organisers say the project’s long-term (24) .......... depends on local support.
Visitors are shown how a reading moves from an instrument to the public database. The explanation emphasises that the value of a long record lies not in one dramatic event but in carefully collected comparisons over time.
The station keeps a written record of every maintenance visit, including the reason for any change. This record helps future volunteers distinguish a genuine shift in conditions from a difference caused by equipment.
Copies of the original readings are retained so that later users can check how a comparison was made.