Weather Tools and Vocab
Natural Disasters
Seasons
Water Cycle
100

The instrument that measures weather from space. 

What is a satellite? 

100

A hard ball of ice that forms in the clouds and falls to the earth. 

What is hail? 

100

The season in which many animals use different strategies to keep cool. 

What is Summer? 

100

Water that collects on the outside of a glass or in your water cycle activity bags. 

What is Condensation? 

200

A person who studies weather. 

Who is a meteorologist?

200

A period of time in which there is little to no rainfall in a certain area. 

What is a drought? 


200

The season that starts in the month of December. 

What is Winter? 

200

Water that rises and turns into vapor. 

What is Evaporation? 

300
The state of the atomosphere or air around us on any given day. 

What is weather? 

300

A huge tropical storm that starts over the ocean and sometimes moves to land. 

What is a hurricane

300

The season in which baby animals are often born. 

What is Spring? 

300

Any form of water (snow, hail, rain) that falls from the clouds. 

What is Precipitation? 


400

Something that is made up of billions of tiny water droplets. 

What is a Cloud? 


400

When it rains so hard that the water on the ground rises, sometimes filling up houses and buildings. 

What is a Flood?


400

Another name for the Fall season. 

What is Autumn? 

400

The thing that causes water to evaporate. 

What is the Sun? 

500

The thing that pushes on us from all around (not gravity). 

What is Air? 


500

A type of natural disaster that doesn't usually occur in California. 

What is a Tornado? 

500

The season in which we are most likely to use our air conditioners! 

What is Summer? 

500

Water that has turned into a gas. 

What is Water Vapor? 

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