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Weather Vocabulary
Water Cycle
Weather Tools
Clouds
Air
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What is the Atmosphere?
The layer of air around the Earth is the atmosphere.
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What is water called when it becomes a gas?
Water in the form of gas is called water vapor.
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What tool is used for measuring temperature?
A thermometer
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What are clouds made of?
Condensed water droplets in the atmosphere
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What is air that is moving called?
Wind is air that is moving.
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What is a scientist that studies Weather called?
Meteorologists are scientists that study weather.
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When water droplets in clouds get too heavy, they fall to the earth as_____________
Precipitation is water that falls from the clouds, such as rain or snow.
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What are Fahrenheit and Celsius scales used for?
Fahrenheit and Celsius are two different scales we use to measure temperature.
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What does a cumulus cloud look like?
Cumulus clouds are white and fluffy, they heap together.
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What is the weight of air pressing down called?
Air Pressure is the weight of the air pressing down on the Earth.
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What the atmosphere is like at a certain time and place is called ____________
Weather is what we call the way the atmosphere is at a certain time and place.
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What are clouds made of?
Clouds are made of condensed water vapor, or billions of tiny droplets of water sticking together.
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What tool is used for measuring the direction of the wind?
Wind vanes measure the direction of the wind.
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What does a cirrus cloud look like?
Cirrus clouds look like thin wisps or curls of cloud in the air.
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What is a storm that has very dangerous winds in the shape of a funnel cloud called?
A tornado
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What is the Water Cycle?
The water cycle is how water is recycled in nature.
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What is it called when water changes from a gas to a liquid
It is called condensation when water changes from a gas to a liquid.
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What tool is used for measuring precipitation?
Rain gauges are used to measure precipitation.
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What kind of weather does a nimbus cloud bring?
Nimbus clouds bring rainy or stormy weather
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What is temperature?
Temperature is how much heat is in the air, or how hot or cold it is.
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What is a weather forecast?
A weather forecast is a prediction about what the weather will be like in the near future.
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What is it called when water turns into water vapor?
It is called evaporation when liquid water turns into water vapor.
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What tool is used for measuring wind strength?
An anemometer is used to measure wind strength.
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What kind of cloud is stretched out over the sky in a thick layer?
Stratus clouds stretch out and cover the sky.
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What is it called when two masses of air meet?
A front is when two masses of air meet.