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day to day weather conditions
What is WEATHER?
typical weather conditions over time
What is CLIMATE?
a prediction of future weather events
What is FORECAST?
amount of water vapor in the atmosphere (air)
What is HUMIDITY?
imaginary lines extending around the Earth horizontally (East to West)
What are LATITUDE LINES?
divisions of the year, defined by changes in weather and the position of the Earth in its orbit around the sun
What is SEASON?
the Earth divided into Northern/Southern halves by the equator or into Eastern/Western halves by the Prime Meridian
What is HEMISPHERE?
to turn or to spine
What is ROTATE?
cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
What is REVOLVE?
imaginary lines extending around the Earth vertically (North to South)
What are LONGITUDE LINES?
a spinning motion around a center or axis
What is a REVOLUTION?
when something turns or spins around a point located at its center
What is ROTATION?
an imaginary line drawn around the Earth dividing the Earth in half
What is EQUATOR?
the measurement of how fast the air is moving
What is WIND SPEED?
described by using the direction that the wind came from
What is WIND DIRECTION?
release of water from the sky, it can liquid or solid
What is PRECIPITATION?
amount of heat energy contained in the air
What is TEMPERATURE?
weight of the air
What is AIR PRESSURE?
tool used to measure what direction the wind is blowing
What is WIND VANE OR WEATHER VANE?
weather instrument that measure air pressure
What is a BAROMETER?
weather instrument used that measures wind speed
What is an ANEMOMETER?
instrument that measures temperature
What is a THERMOMETER?
weather instrument used for measuring rainfall amounts
What is a RAIN GAUGE?
to say something might or will happen in the future
What is PREDICT?
to make a guess
What is PREDICTION?