Weather Vocabulary
Water that falls to the ground from clouds.
What is Precipitation?
How many seasons are there?
4
A metal bar that safely directs lightening to the ground.
What is lightening rod?
What is weather?
The tool that measures air pressure.
What is barometer?
A blanket of gases and tiny bits of dust that surround Earth.
What is atmosphere?
True or False?
Earths axis is tilted.
true
A natural event such as a flood, earthquake, or landslide, that causes great damage to the environment.
What is natural hazard?
What layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?
the layer closest to earth
The tool that measures how much rain has fallen.
What is rain gauge?
The measure of how hot or cold something is.
What is temperature?
What causes the seasons?
the way Earth is tilted and moves around the sun.
Walls built to reduce or prevent flooding in an area.
What is flood wall?
What direction does weather and wind move in the United States
west to east
The tool that measures how fast the wind is blowing.
What is anemometer?
Times of the year with different weather patterns.
What are seasons?
Describe the differences in seasons
answers vary
Wall built along the side of rivers and other bodies of water to prevent them from overflowing.
What is levee?
A scientist who studies climate.
What is climatologist?
Weather balloons and satellites.
The imaginary line that runs through the center of Earth.
What is axis?
The pattern of weather in a certain place over a long period of time.
What is climate?
What are items needed to prepare for a natural hazard?
radio with batteries, extra food and water, medical supplies.
What are the 3 factors that affect climate?
water, height, mountains
How do scientists predict the weather?
by collecting data and looking at past information in an area.