Weather Factors
Climate
Extreme Weather
Other Facts
Need to know
100

A measurement that indicates how hot or cold something is.

What is temperature?

100

The average weather conditions in a particular region over a period of years.

What is climate?

100

A fierce rotating column of air.

What is a tornado?

100

A scientist who studies weather.

What is a meteorologist?

100
Too much rain - too fast creates this.

What is a flood?

200

The natural movement of air outside.

What is wind?

200

A pattern found in data.

What is a trend?

200

Heavy snow that falls from the sky as the wind fiercely blows.

What is a blizzard?

200

A tool that measures wind speed.

What is an anemometer?

200

Having pores or openings that allow liquids or gases to pass through.

What is permeable?

300

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

What is precipitation?

300
Hot and dry zones of the earth.

What is the desert?

300
Extreme weather that only forms over tropical waters.

What is a hurricane?

300

A tool that measures rain.

What is a rain gauge?

300

The process of material drawing in or soaking up liquid.

What is absorption?

400

The state of the atmosphere or air at a particular place.

What is weather?

400
A hot and wet climate.

What is a tropical climate?

400
The ground is cracked and plants are dead.

What is a drought?

400

A tool that measures temperature.

What is a thermometer?

400

The portion of precipitation on land that reaches streams.

What is run off?

500

An extreme weather event that occurs naturally.

What is weather-related hazard?

500

A  climate that is not super hot or super cold.

What is a temperate climate?

500

Japanese word for WAVE.

What is a tsunami?