Weather Vocabulary
Types of Weather
Weather and the Sun
The Water Cycle
Severe Weather
100
What the air outside is like.
WEATHER
100
The air around us is moving.
WINDY
100
The Earth is heated by the _____________.
SUN
100
Three different forms of precipitation/
Rain, snow, sleet, hail.
100
Two types of severe weather.
Tornado, Hurricane, Drought, Tsunami, Lightning, Blizzard
200
How hot or cold something is.
TEMPERATURE
200
A mix of clouds and blue sky.
PARTLY CLOUDY
200
The four seasons.
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
200
When the sun heats up water and causes it to change to a gas.
EVAPORATION
200
What is severe weather?
Weather that is DANGEROUS and could cause DAMAGE.
300
Water falling from the sky. (Write the science word!)
PRECIPITATION
300
A bright, blue sky without any clouds.
SUNNY
300
The side of the Earth facing the sun.
DAYTIME.
300
This happends when clouds become full of water and heavy.
PRECIPITATION
300
How we prepare for severe weather.
Shelter, supplies, board windows, flashlights, move away from windows, stay inside, evacuate...
400
A tool that measures how hot or cold something is.
THERMOMETER
400
Lightning, rain, and dark clouds.
THUNDERSTORM
400
How long it takes the Earth to travel all the way around the sun.
ONE YEAR.
400
As evaporated water cools, its turns into tiny water droplets and forms clouds.
CONDENSATION
400
NATURAL DISASTERS can be floods, fires, mudslides, and earthquakes. Many people die and there is a lot of damage. Why isn't a sinking cruise ship a natural disaster?
Beacause it is man-made and we could have prevented it from happening.
500
The way water moves from Earth's surface, into the air, and back again.
WATER CYCLE
500
Heavy snow and wind.
BLIZZARD
500
Why we have seasons.
The Earth's tilt on it's AXIS.
500
Water that is waiting to be evaporated is collected and stored in these places. (Give 3 examples)
Oceans, Rivers, Lakes, Puddles, Pools, Seas
500
Our class procedure for a TORNADO.
Go downstairs into the hallway, get down on the ground next to the wall, and cover your head.
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