Important Terms 1
Who is a scientist who studies the weather?
Meteorologist
True or false.
Cold air is lighter than warm air.
False
What is a very small drop of water?
What word means to freeze?
Crystallize
What is the weather conditions an area receives over time?
Climate
What is the layer of air that surrounds the earth?
Atmosphere
What is moving air?
Wind
What is the process by which liquid water becomes water vapor?
Evaporation
What are ice crystals of frozen water vapor?
Snow
What words means a large amount of water vapor in the air?
Humid
What is water as a gas called?
Water vapor
What is the air's weight called?
Air pressure
Condensation
What are frozen raindrops that are bounced up and down by the air in a thunderstorm before they fall to earth in shape of stones?
Hail
What is a windstorm that builds up over the warm ocean?
Hurricane
What word means "to soak up"?
Absorb
What are the three main ingredients that make up the weather?
What is any form of water that falls from the clouds to the earth?
Precipitation
What are beads of frozen rain that fall from the sky?
Sleet
What is electricity that jumps from one cloud to another or from a cloud to the earth?
Lightning
What is the process in which the atmosphere keeps the heat from escaping back into space?
Greenhouse effect
What word means "to give off"?
Radiate
What gives water heat energy during evaporation?
The sun
What precipitation often occurs in the spring or summer?
Hail
What is a windstorm that builds up over hot land?
Tornado