Weather Vocabulary
A scientist who studies changes in weather.
Who is a meteorologist?
Wispy, thin, and made up of ice.
What are cirrus clouds?
Three quarters of the earth's surface.
What is is water?
Large puddles that cover lots of land.
What is flooding?
One who studies the earth's climate.
Who is a climatologist?
Water droplets that fall back to earth as a liquid.
What is rain?
Fog is this type of thick, flat cloud.
What is stratus?
Three forms of water.
What is a solid, liquid, and gas.
What is a drought?
What is global warming?
Moving air
What is wind?
Looks like cotton candy.
What are cumulus clouds?
A solid form of water.
What is ice?
Cold winters and warm summers.
What is the temperate climate?
A giant electrical spark.
What is lightning?
Thunderclouds.
What are cumulonimbus?
Shaped like hamburger buns NOT teardrops.
What are raindrops?
Windy and snowy.
What is a blizzard?
A climate where it almost never rains.
What is a desert climate?
A device one carries on a rainy day.
What is an umbrella?
These clouds cause tornadoes, heavy rain, and lightning.
What are cumulonimbus?
Sun, clouds, precipitation, evaporation.
What is the water cycle?
Each one is different.
What is a snowflake?
A cold climate.
What is a polar climate?