Definitions
Earth & Sun
Seasons
Climate vs Weather
Weather Vocabulary
100

What is  climate?

The long term average weather of a place.

100

What is the sun?

The starthat gives earth heat and light.

100

What is summer?

When a hemisphere is tilted toward the sun and gets mor sunlight.

100

It's raining today.

Weather

100

What is water vapor?

Water in gas form.

200

What is weather?

The day to day conditions of the atmosphere.

200

What is earth's axis?

The imaginary line earth spins on.

200

What is winter?

When a hemisphere is tilted away from the sun and gets less sunlight.

200

Florida is usually hot and humid.

Climate

200

What is hail?

Balls of ice that falls from clouds.

300

What is the atmosphere?

The layer of gases surrounding the earth.

300

What is rotation?

Earth spinning on its axis.

300

Which season has shorter days?

Winter

300

Tomorrow will be sunny with a high of 75*F.

Weather

300

What happens during condensation?

Gas turns into liquid.

400

What is humidity?

The amount of water vapor in the air.

400

What is revolution?

The earth moving around the sun.

400

Which season has shorter days?

Summer

400

The desert is dry all year long.

Climate

400

What happens during evaporation?

Liquid turns into gas.

500

What is precipitation?

Any form of water that falls from the sky (rain, snow, sleet, hail).

500

Why do we have seasons?

We have seasons because the earth is tilted on its axis and revolves around the sun.

500

What happens when  sunlight is more direct?

It gets warmer

500

This week is colder than usual.

Weathetr

500

What does high humidity feel like?

Sticky and damp.