Weather Vocab 1
Water that falls to the ground in various forms.
What is precipitation?
A tool used for measuring temperature.
What is a thermometer?
He is famous for his fascination with electricity.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
People put these on their windows to protect the glass from damage.
What are boards?
A climate that is dry, with very little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and very little plant or animal life.
What is the desert?
Sunny, cloudy, partly cloudy, hail, rain, and snow
What are weather conditions?
A space tool used for monitoring the weather and climate of Earth.
What is a satellite?
A graph using pictures to show data.
What is a pictograph?
Used to keep water away from a structure. This can prevent flood water damage.
What are sand bags?
Climate has hot, dry summers, and cool, wet winters.
What is the Mediterranean?
Tells us about the weather we usually see them on the news.
What is a meteorologist?
A tool used to measure the direction of the wind.
What is a weather vane?
A graph drawn using rectangular bars to show values.
What is a bar graph?
Help protect a home's roof from wind and water damage.
What are shingles?
Climate has warm and cold temperatures, no extremes, and rainfall throughout the year.
What is temperate?
Tells us what the weather will be like for the next few days.
What is forecast?
A tool used for measuring the pressure in the atmosphere.
What is a barometer?
The weather condition in an area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
These protect the home from high waters that may come with hurricanes.
What are stilts?
Climate has very cold temperatures all year, and very little precipitation.
What is polar?
Dangerous weather events that threaten life and property.
What is weather hazard?
A tool used for measuring the speed of the wind.
What is an anemometer?
The information we can learn from tracking and graphing the weather.
What are weather patterns and weather changes?
Installed partly underground, can keep you safe from the high winds and debris.
What are tornado shelters?
Climate is warm temperatures throughout the year and significant rainfall.
What is tropical?