Weather Vocabulary
The state of the air at a certain time and place
What is weather
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky ;rain or snow falls from them
What are stratus clouds?
Nature's way of recycling water
What is a water cycle?
Most common type of storm
What is thunderstorm?
You should go during a tornado if you are in a house
What is a basement?
Scientists who study weather
Who are meteorologists?
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton ;they are known as fair weather clouds
what are cumulus clouds?
The process of water changes into an invisible gas called water vapor.
What is evaporation?
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
What is tornado?
You should go during a tornado if you are in a school or public building
What is the lowest level of the building?
Instrument that shows wind direction
What is a wind vane?
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are signs that rain or snow is on the way
What are cirrus clouds?
Amount of water vapor in air
What is humidity?
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water
What is hurricane?
Months most tornadoes occur
What are April through June?
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
Clouds that form at the Earth's surface
What is fog?
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condesation?
Water overflow that is caused by large amount of rainfall
What is flood?
You should do if you're in a car during a tornado
What is to pull over and get out of the vehicle
The weather of a place over a long period of time
What is climate?
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rains and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
Water that is found underground
What is groundwater?
Another name for hurricane
What is typhoon?
Scale used to rate the the danger and the scale speed of tornado
Fujita Scale or F-Scale