Weather Basics
This is the condition of the air outside at a certain time and place.
What is weather?
What is weather?
The Sun gives energy to start this process.
What is the water cycle?
Climate is the usual weather of a place over this amount of time.
What are many years?
This storm includes thunder and lightning.
What is a thunderstorm?
Scientists who study weather are called these.
What are meteorologists?
Temperature, wind, and precipitation are all parts of this.
What is weather?
Liquid water changing into water vapor is called this.
What is evaporation?
This causes day and night on Earth.
What is Earth’s rotation?
This dangerous storm has rotating winds and forms over land.
What is a tornado?
This tool measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
Water falling from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail is called this.
What is precipitation?
Water vapor cooling into tiny drops of water is called this.
What is condensation?
This causes the seasons on Earth.
What is Earth’s tilt?
This large storm forms over warm ocean water.
What is a hurricane?
This tool measures rainfall.
What is a rain gauge?
Moving air is called this.
What is wind.
This forms when many tiny water droplets gather in the sky.
What are clouds?
Places near the equator usually have this type of climate.
What is warm or tropical climate?
This weather instrument helps warn people about approaching storms by measuring air pressure.
What is a barometer?
Weather satellites help meteorologists observe this from space.
What are clouds and storms?
Warm air rises because it is less ______ than cold air.
What is dense?
After precipitation falls, water may collect in rivers, lakes, and oceans. This is called this.
What is collection (accumulation)?
Winter in the Northern Hemisphere happens when this hemisphere tilts away from the Sun.
What is the Northern Hemisphere?
A “watch” means severe weather is possible, while a “warning” means this.
What is severe weather is happening or about to happen?
Meteorologists use observations and data to make these.
What are weather forecasts?