Which of the following statements about weather satellites is false? A. Weather satellites can help to prevent storms from occur
ring. B. Weather satellites can help people to prepare for storms. C. Weather satellites allow meteorologists to track and study storms. D. Weather satellites collect data about Earth’s surface and atmosphere.
A. Right off the bat because the main purpose is the keep a check on the weather, seeing if it's a storm developing or just to collect data and compare with past/ recent data.
Weather satellites are defined as those satellites that are mainly used to study and examine the climate and weather patterns that occur at different places on earth. It provides information regarding the temperature, pressure and moisture content of the air, and analyzing all these data it helps in locating and tracing an upcoming storm and thereby warns the locality, where there are chances of an occurrence of storms.
It cannot stop a storm from occurring but it can provide all the necessary data regarding the storm. Thus, this type of satellites is very useful as it makes people aware of the weather conditions.
Hence, the correct answer is option (A) which is false.
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