Vocabulary
Fronts
Water Cycle
Types of Weather
Tools used to measure weather
100
Caused by unequal heating and cooling of Earth.
What is wind?
100
A front caused by a cool air mass moving under a warm air mass.
What is a cold front?
100
The sun's heat makes water rise, or change to a gas.
What is evaporate?
100
When it does not rain for a long time. This is called a..
What is a drought?
100
Measures temperature
What is a thermometer?
200
The average temperature and rain fall in a large area.
What is climate?
200
A front caused by a warm air mass moving over a cool air mass.
What is warm front?
200
The gas that has risen and is pushed upward has a name
What is water vapor?
200
If a lot of rain falls it can cause a...
What is a flood?
200
Measures the speed of wind in miles per hour
What is an anemometer?
300
A time of year that has a certain kind of weather
What is a season?
300
The type of weather caused by a cold front.
What is stormy weather?
300
The water vapor cools and changes into tiny drops of water
What is condenses?
300
A kind of weather that can be harmful
What is a storm?
300
Scientists use this tool to find out which way the wind is blowing
What is a weather vane?
400
How we describe what's happening in the atmosphere at a certain time in a certain place.
What is weather?
400
The type of weather caused by a warm front.
What is rainy or dreary days?
400
The water droplets and dust particles in the cool air form
What is clouds?
400
A storm with a lot of snow and strong winds
What is a blizzard?
400
Scientists use this tool to measure how much rain has fallen
What is a rain gauge?
500
A breeze blowing from the ocean during they day when the water is cooler than the land
What is a sea breeze?
500
The direction fronts usually move across the United States.
What is west to east?
500
When the clouds become too heavy rain, sleet, hail and snow fall. These are types of..
What is precipitation?
500
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
What is a tornado?
500
Warmer air makes the liquid in this tool go up
What is a thermometer?
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