Vocabulary
Weather Tools
Weather
Climate
Severe Weather
100
The state of the atmosphere at a given time and place
What is weather?
100
Measures air temperature
What is a thermometer?
100
The amount of moisture in the air
What is humidity?
100
The average weather patterns in an area over a long period of time
What is climate?
100
Dangerous conditions of the atmosphere, such as tornadoes and hurricanes
What is severe weather?
200
Water in the atmosphere that falls to earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
What is precipitation?
200
Measures wind direction
What is a weather (wind) vane?
200
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are examples of ____.
What is precipitation?
200
A measurement that tells how far a place is from the equator and affects the world's climate zones
What is latitude?
200
A destructive change to earth's surface that is not caused by people
What is a natural disaster?
300
The downward force of air that affects weather
What is air pressure?
300
Measures rainfall
What is a rain gauge?
300
Rain that freezes before it hits the ground
What is sleet?
300
A region where temperature ranges and climate conditions follow a similar pattern
What is a climate zone?
300
The type of severe weather that would most likely cause a family in Florida to follow their evacuation plan
What is a hurricane?
400
A circular motion created when air rises and sinks because of heating and cooling
What is a convection current?
400
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
400
The direction from which the wind is blowing
What is southwest?
400
The tropical zone has very hot temperatures because ____.
What is because it is close to the equator?
400
It's important to prepare for any emergency by having a ____.
What is a plan?
500
A place's height above sea level
What is elevation?
500
Measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
500
The type of weather usually indicated by high air pressure
What is clear, sunny weather?
500
Latitude, elevation, and proximity (closeness) to bodies of water affect a place's ____.
What is climate?
500
Three types of severe weather
What are hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms, blizzards, floods, and extremely high or low temperatures?