Vocabulary
Weather Hazards
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Water Cycle
Weather Tools
100

What the air outside is like at any given time

weather

100

destructive funnel cloud

tornado

100

This scientist invented the barometer

Benjamin Franklin

100

water that falls from the sky

precipitation
100

This weather tool measures the temperature

thermometer

200

a scientist who studies weather conditions and patterns

meteorologist


200

heavy blinding snow

blizzard

200

This scientist invented the barometer

Evangelista Torricelli

200

to change from a liquid to a gas

evaporation

200

This weather tool measures wind direction.

weather vane

300

the amount of water vapor in the air

humidity

300
wind, rain and lightning

thunderstorm

300

What two gases make up Earth's atmosphere?

Oxygen and Nitrogen

300

to change from a gas to a liquid

condense

300

This weather tool measures the amount of precipitation

rain gauge 

400

the weather patterns in a place over a long period of time

climate

400

dry conditions

drought

400

How does wind occur? 

Wind occurs when a HIGH pressure air mass moves to a LOW pressure air mass.

400

Which section shows where condensation occurs? (SHOW WATER CYCLE PICTURE)

2

400

This weather tool measures air pressure

barometer

500

the weight of air as it presses down on objects

air pressure

500

strong winds, rain, rising sea level

hurricane

500

An object very high in the air experiences MORE or LESS air pressure than an object at sea level?

Less

500

Which section shows where evaporation occurs?(SHOW WATER CYCLE PICTURE)

1

500

This weather tool measures wind speed

anemometer