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Vocabulary
Predicting weather
Sea/Land Breezes
Water Cycle
Weather
100
rain shadow
What is the area on the side of a mountain that gets little or no rain or cloud cover?
100
weather maps
What is a tool that predicts weather using symbols?
100
land and water
What is the thing that heats up and cools down faster than water?
100
Water Cycle
What is the movement of water from the surface of the earth into the air and back again?
100
Snow
What is precipitation caused when water vapor turns directly into ice and forms ice crystals?
200
Evaporation
What is the process by which a liquid turns into a gas?
200
cold front
What does a blue line with triangles depict on a weather map?
200
storm
What happens when a a cool sea breeze pushes clouds toward the shore?
200
Precipitation
What is water that falls to Earth?
200
Hail
What is round pieces of ice formed when frozen rain is coated with water and refreezes?
300
land breeze
What is a breeze that moves from land to water?
300
Map key
What is the tool that is used to show the different temperatures on a weather map?
300
peninsula
What is a piece of land surrounded on three sides called?
300
Evaporatation
What is the process by which a liquid changes into a gas?
300
Tornado
What is a fast-spinning spiral of wind that touches the ground?
400
air mass
What is a large body of air that has a similar temperature and moisture level?
400
Barometer
What is the instrument used to measure air pressure?
400
Florida
What is the name of the state that is a peninsula?
400
Condensation
What is the process by which a gas changes into a liquid?
400
hurricane
What is a large tropical storm that has winds of at least 74 miles per hour?
500
warm front
What is the boundary called where a warm air mass moves over a cold air mass?
500
Anemometer
What is the instrument used to measure wind speed?
500
groundwater
What is water that flows through the rock underground?
500
Rain
What is the most common type of precipitation?