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Vocabulary
Water Cycle
Weather Instruments
Weather Maps
Making Predictions
100

The condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time.

What is weather?

100
This is the CONTINUOUS process of the movement of water.
What is the water cycle?
100

An instrument that measures temperature.

What is a thermometer?

100

A scientists who studies weather or someone you might see in front of a weather map on the Channel 4 news.

What is a meteorologist?

100

The layer of the atmosphere that weather occurs and where humans live.

What is the troposphere?

200

The process by which a liquid changes to a gas.

What is evaporation?

200
This provides the energy necessary for the water cycle?
What is the sun?
200

A anemometer measures this factor of weather.

What is wind speed?

200
A large H on a weather map represents this.
What is high air pressure?
200
Maria notices there is a warm front symbol pointing toward where she lives. From this she can predict that the temperature will be ___________.
What is warmer?
300

The layer of gases that surrounds Earth

What is atmosphere?

300
When many water droplets join together it forms this.
What is a cloud?
300

When this instrument is pointing east, you know that the wind is coming from the west. 

What is a wind vane?

300
A red long line on a weather map with half circles on it represents this.
What is a warm front.
300
Mitchell studies a weather map and sees that his area is affected by high humidity with an approaching cold front. He predicts there will be cumulonimbus clouds (large dark clouds) that will hit the area. From this he can conclude that this type of weather will also occur.
What is a thunderstorm?
400

This cloud is thin and wispy. It is also a signal of fair weather.

What is a cirrus cloud?

400
Josh watches a puddle of water for many days and notices it is slowly disappearing because of this process of the water cycle.
What is evaporation?
400

A thermometer can measure temperature in Fahrenheit or this?

What is Celsius?

400
When a cold front passes, the temperature will do this.
What is decrease?
400
John recorded the the temperature for 3 days. On Monday he recorded a temperature of 75 degrees. On Tuesday he recorded 76 degrees. On Wednesday he recorded 54 degrees. From this data he concluded that a large amount of cold air passed by also known as this.
What is a cold front?
500

This process of the water cycle results in cloud formation.

What is condensation?

500
The process of the water cycle you see happening when the mirror in the bathroom gets foggy.
What is condensation?
500

Dean noticed the air was much drier today than yesterday. He recorded a change in this weather factor. (Hint: amount of water vapor in the air)

What is humidity?

500
A weather map shows Dallas at 74 degrees and shows a a cloud covering a sun just a little bit. From this you can assume the weather will be _____ and ________.
What is warm and partly cloudy?
500
The most abundant gas in the atmosphere is...

What is nitrogen?