Vocabulary
Natural Disasters
Weather vs. Climate
Reasons for Seasons
Temperature
100

A person who studies and reports on the weather conditions is called a 

Meteorologist 

100

Forgetting to put out a campfire, or throwing away a burning cigarette can cause this NATURAL DISASTER. 

Wildfire

100

A description of COMMON weather conditions found in a place over a long period of time or that happen in a larger region. 

CLIMATE

100

Each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, fall, and winter) marked by different weather patterns

Seasons!

100

An instrument used to measure the temperature of the air


Thermometer

200

A prediction of what the weather will be like in the future including storms, temperatures, and wind speeds.


Forecast

200

A huge storm that forms over open oceans and has strong winds is known as this NATURAL DISASTER

Hurricane

200

A description of atmospheric conditions (sun, rain, snow, temperature, wind, humidity) in a specific location

WEATHER

200

When the bottom of the Earth, or the southern hemisphere is tilted AWAY from the sun, what season is it?

Winter

200

This is the temperature scale with 32 degrees as the freezing point of water and 212 degrees as the boiling point of water. We use this system in the U.S.

Fahrenheit

300

How hot or cold something is...

Temperature

300

A rotating funnel of wind coming from a thunderstorm that touches the ground and causes debris and damage is known as this NATURAL DISASTER


Tornado

300

Weather or Climate?


Michigan averages 150-200 inches of snow per year.

Climate

300

When the top of the Earth is tilted towards the sun in the northern hemisphere, what season is it?

Summer 

300

When it is hot, the liquid in the thermometer gets ___________.

Higher

400

Water that falls to the ground as rain, snow, or sleet

Precipitation

400

A sudden shaking or rocking of the earth’s surface causing a rumble is known as this natural disaster

Earthquake

400

Weather or Climate?


If it is sunny on Saturday, I will go to the park with my dog.

Weather

400

When the Earth has made one revolution around the sun, how much time has gone by?

1 year

400

When it is cold, the liquid in the thermometer gets ___________.

Lower

500

Strong, windy snowstorms that bring extremely cold temperatures and up to 30-50 inches of snow

Blizzard

500

Strong, windy snowstorms that bring extremely cold temperatures and up to 30-50 inches of snow

Blizzard

500

Weather or Climate?

The Southwest desert is usually hot and very dry.

Climate!

500

The imaginary line that the Earth is spinning around it called its AXIS. We learned that the Earth's axis is on a TILT. What degree is the Earth's axis tilted?

23.5

500

What is the unit in which we measure temperature?

Degrees