Vocabulary
Weather
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Random
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The four types of precipitation are:
Rain, Snow, Sleet, Hail
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This measures the general wind direction and strength - and it's not the kind you wear on your feet.
Wind Sock.
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This is the weather of a certain area over a long period of time.
Climate
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This tool measures temperature.
Thermometer
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How do we measure precipitation? (centimeters, yards, inches, etc)
inches
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The “pushing force” of the atmosphere is:
The barometric pressure
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A person who studies the weather is called:
Meteorologist
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This type of air pressure means lousy/bad weather.
Low Pressure
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This tool measures air pressure.
barometer
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What is the animal on top of the wind vane?
Rooster
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Air movement caused by differences in pressure
the wind
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another word for "humid"
hot, sticky, muggy, moist
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This is what the weather is like here during summer.
Hot, humid, usually sunny, occasional thunderstorms
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This tool measures the amount of precipitation
rain gauge
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The safest place to be during a tornado.
What is the basement of a building?
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Humidity is the amount of ________ in the air.
moisture, water vapor, water
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What are air pressure, humidity, clouds, and temperature called?
elements of weather
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This type of air pressure means good weather.
High Pressure
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This tool measures wind direction.
Weather or Wind Vane
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The driest state in the United States.
What is Nevada?
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Weather is the condition of the _______ at any time or place.
Atmosphere
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This type of storm is like a hurricane that takes place in the winter.
Noreaster
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Trees lose their leaves in what season?
Fall
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This tool measures wind speed.
anemometer
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an intense columnar vortex (usually appearing as a funnel-shaped cloud) that occurs over a body of water
What is waterspout?
