Weather Words
(Vocabulary)
(Vocabulary)
The scientist who studies and predicts the weather
What is a Meteorologist?
Puffy, white clouds that look like cotton balls.
What are Cumulus Clouds?
This tool measures wind speed.
What is an Anemometer (wind sock)?
This tool measures air pressure.
What is a Barometer?
A spinning column of air that touches the ground.
What is a Tornado?
The gases surrounding Earth
What is the Atmosphere?
Thin, wispy clouds high in the sky.
What are Cirrus Clouds?
Which type of front often brings stormy weather followed by cooler air?
What is a Cold Front?
This is the closest layer of the atmosphere, also where weather occurs.
What is the Troposphere?
A massive storm that forms over warm ocean water.
What is a Hurricane?
The amount of water vapor in the air
What is Humidity?
Precipitation that starts as rain but freezes on the way down.
What is Sleet?
What are two types of local winds? (Hint: V and M)
What are Valley Winds and Mountain Winds?
This thing is what people often compare the atmosphere to.
(Hint: it has to do with plants)
What is a Greenhouse?
This type of weather alert informs you that extreme weather is happening right now.
What is a Weather Warning?
The place where two air masses meet
What is a Front?
Precipitation that forms when drops freeze in storm clouds and grow in size.
What is hail?
What are the other two types of local winds?
What are Sea Breeze and Land Breeze?
The study of weather is important because
(Hint: this is not in question form).
This state is where Ms. Manley is from.
What is Alaska?
Water that falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
What is Precipitation?
These two things appear in the morning and are NOT formed by precipitation.
What are Dew and Frost?
What are the two types of global winds?
What are Westerlies and Easterlies?
How does the ozone layer protect life on Earth?
It helps protect us from the sun's UV rays.
What is the difference between weather and climate?
(Hint: the answer is not in question form)
If your team gets it correct, you get double points
Weather changes day to day, and climate is the average over a long period of time.