Vocabulary
A prediction of what the weather will be in the future.
What is a forecast?
Measures temperature (how hot or cold the air is).
What is a Thermometer?
Big, fluffy, white clouds.
They look like cotton balls in the sky.
Usually mean nice weather.
What are Cumulus Clouds?
Water in the form of a gas, which we can’t see.
What is water vapor?
When your skin gets red, hot, or sore from too much sun.
What is sunburn?
A person who studies and predicts the weather.
Who is a Meteorologist?
Shows the direction the wind is blowing.
What is a wind vane?
Flat, gray clouds that cover the sky like a blanket.
Can bring light rain or drizzle.
What are Stratus Clouds?
When the sun heats up water in rivers, lakes, or puddles and it changes into water vapor (a gas) and rises into the air.
What is evaporation?
A cream, lotion, or spray that protects your skin from the sun.
What is sunscreen?
The sky has no clouds.
What is clear?
This tool measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
Thin, wispy clouds high up in the sky.
They look like feather streaks.
Usually mean the weather will change soon.
What are Cirrus Clouds?
When water vapor in the air cools down and turns back into tiny drops of liquid water, forming clouds.
What is condensation?
Measures how much rain falls.
What is a rain gauge?
Clouds are spread out but lots of blue sky is still visible.
What is partly cloudy/scattered skies?
This tool looks like a long tube of fabric and shows both the direction and strength of the wind. What is it?
What is a Wind Sock?
They look like a huge tower or mountain of clouds.
These clouds can bring thunderstorms, heavy rain, lightning, hail, or even tornadoes.
What are Cumulonimbus Clouds?
When the clouds get too heavy with water, it falls back to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
What is precipitation?
Tiny water drops or ice crystals floating in the sky.
What are clouds?
The sky is completely covered with clouds, blocking the sun.
What is overcast?
This tool measures air pressure. When the pressure is high, it usually means nice weather; when it is low, storms might be coming.
What is a barometer?
Tiny drops of this liquid and/or tiny bits of ice floating in the air that clouds are made of.
What is water vapor?
The main source of energy that powers the whole water cycle by heating up water.
What is the sun?
Monitors storms and clouds from space.
What is a weather satellite?