Vocabulary
Name that Weather
Questions
Science Review
Key Words
100
A storm with lightning and thunder that usually has a short period of heavy rainfall.
Thunderstorm
100
tornado
100
What is the climate like where we live?
Tropical, hot, humid, warm
100
What happens when a warm and cold air mass collide?
A front is created
100
A region’s average weather conditions over a long period
Climate
200
A large, rotating system of clouds and thunderstorms with strong winds that forms over warm ocean water.
Hurricane
200
What kind of severe event requires someone to hide under a table?
Earthquake
200
What is the main factor that affects climate?
Latitude
200
Water in its gaseous state.
Water vapor
200
A period of reduced rainfall that leads to little or no rainfall in an area.
drought
300
A violent storm in which a rotating funnel of air moves over the ground.
Tornado
300
This photo is a representation of what kind of severe weather impact?
drought
300
What are the daily changes of the atmosphere called? (Hint: usually short-term)
Weather
300
To change from a gas to a liquid
Condense
300
water that falls to Earth, like rain or snow
Precipitation
400
Weather that has the potential to cause harm or damage property.
Severe Weather
400
Hurricane
400
What causes seasons?
Earth's tilt
400
What kind of movement happens when tectonic plates move past each other?
Transform movement which causes earthquakes
400
Large streams of surface seawater driven by winds
ocean currents
500
What are the prevailing winds that are always blowing in the Caribbean regions?
Trade Winds
500
Emission of gas, rocks and lava from a crack in the Earth's crust where magma escapes
Volcanic Eruption
500
What are the four main factors that affect weather?
Moisture in the air (humidity), temperature, wind, precipitation
500
When two tectonic plates diverge, it creates what kind of landforms in the ocean? (2 answers required)
Underwater mountains and volcanoes
500
Winds that blow in the same direction over large areas of Earth.
Prevailing Winds