Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
Measuring Weather
Changing Weather
Severe Weather
100
Any kind of water that falls to Earth
Precipitation
100
Dangerous weather
Severe weather
100
This is a way to measure rain, where you collect it in a container
Rain gauge
100
During this season, you might build a snowman.
Winter
100
True or False: A safe place to be during a tornado is in an inside room, with no windows.
True
200
How hot or cold something is
Temperature
200
Heavy rain with thunder and lightning
Thunderstorm
200
A wind ____ shows the direction that the wind is blowing.
sock
200
During this season, you might see flowers begin to bloom.
Spring
200
During a thunderstorm, it is important to find a _______ building.
sturdy
300
Moving air
Wind
300
A kind of dry weather, with little to no rain
Drought
300
A wind ______ shows which direction the wind is coming from.
vane
300
During this season, you might wear shorts all the time, and go to the beach.
Summer
300
True or False: Tornadoes start out in the ocean.
False
400
The way something repeats itself
Pattern
400
A strong wind that comes from clouds
Tornado
400
A ______ measures the temperature.
thermometer
400
During this season, you might rake up leaves and jump in them.
Fall
400
Tornadoes and hurricanes can both bring very strong ______.
winds.
500
Spring, summer, winter, and fall are the four ______.
Seasons
500
A large storm that starts over the ocean
Hurricane
500
Scientists measure weather, so that they can make ______, or guesses, about what will happen next.
predictions
500
Seasons follow a ________, meaning they repeat themselves.
pattern
500
A thunderstorm can produce ____, which is electricity coming down from the sky.
lightning
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