Weather
Climate
Vocabulary
Weather Tools
100
__________ is the weight of the atmosphere on the Earths surface.
What is air pressure?
100
An area that has similar average temperatures and precipitation through out.
What is a climate zone?
100
_______ is water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
100
A tool used to measure wind speed.
What is an Anemometer?
200
A large body of air that has the same temperature and moisture properties throughout.
What is an air mass?
200
A climate zone that is year round ice and snow.
What is polar climate.
200
_______ is what the atmosphere is like at a given time and place.
What is weather?
200
A tool used to measure air pressure?
What is a Barometer?
300
_______ is solid or liquid water that falls from the clouds to Earths surface.
What is precipitation?
300
a place with moderate temperatures
What is temperate climate?
300
_____ is the long term weather patterns of a place.
What is climate?
300
A tool used to measure wind direction.
What is a wind vane?
400
______ is liquid precipitation that falls through warm or cool air.
What is rain?
400
A place that is warm year round?
What is tropical climate?
400
The ______ is an imaginary line that divides the Earth into its northern and southern hemispheres or halves.
What is the equator?
400
A tool that measures temperature.
What is a Thermometer?
500
____is solid precipitation that falls through cold air.
What is snow?
500
A place in a tropical climate zone that may be cold and have snow.
What is at the top of a tall mountain?
500
______ is a measure of how far north or south a place is from the equator.
What is latitude?
500
A tool that measures humidity.
What is a Hygrometer?