Weather Vocabulary
Water Cycle
Air
Clouds
This-n-That
100
A scientist who studies weather conditions.
What is a meteorologist?
100
The changing of water to water vapor.
What is evaporation?
100
barometer
What is the tool that measures air pressure?
100
Water droplets and ice crystals
What are clouds made of?
100
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200
A device that shows the direction from which the wind is blowing.
What is a wind vane?
200
The changing of water vapor to liquid water.
What is condensation?
200
What happens when a cold air mass meets a warm air mass?
A cold air mass that meets a warm air mass will create a cold front. (The cold air sinks, and the warm air is pushed upward, which makes it cooler. The water vapor in the air condenses into clouds.)
200
Clouds high in the sky that look like cotton balls and bring good weather.
What are cumulus clouds?
200
What is the reason the Baltic Sea is less salty than other seas?
Many rivers flow into the Baltic Sea
300
The area where two air masses meet.
What is a front?
300
Any form of water that falls to Earth.
What is precipitation?
300
What happens when air hits an area of lower pressure?
The air moves toward the area of low pressure.
300
Clouds close to the ground that often bring rain or snow.
What is a stratus cloud?
300
What is the difference between ocean water and freshwater?
Oceans are salty and freshwater is not
400
A tool used to measure wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
400
What is the Sun's role in the energy cycle?
Water evaporates in the Sun's warmth.
400
A substance that surrounds Earth and takes up space.
What is air?
400
What is the reason you often see clouds along a cold front?
Water vapor in the cooling air turns into clouds.
400
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What is the amount of Earth's surface that is water?
500
The amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
500
The movement of water between Earth's surface and the atmosphere. The Sun evaporates water on Earth. When the air cools, the water drops back to Earth as rain or snow.
What is the water cycle?
500
What happens when moist air rises?
The moist air cools and the water vapor condenses into clouds.
500
What is the name of the man that named the clouds?
Luke Howard
500
The gases that can cause climate change.
What are greenhouse gases?
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