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Weather Vocab

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  • Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are examples of...
    precipitation
  • What is the atmosphere?
    The gasses that surround the Earth
  • What tool would you use to measure the temperature outside?
    thermometer
  • What is water vapor?
    Water in gas form
  • When a tornado is coming you would hear...
    A tornado warning
  • The prediction of what the weather will be this week is called the...
    Forecast
  • What is a drought?
    When a place does not get water for a long period of time
  • The amount of water vapor in the air is called...
    humidity
  • The weather over a long period of time is called....
    climate
  • What is weather?
    what is happening in the atmosphere at any time
  • A cloud close to the ground is called...
    fog
  • How heavy the air is is called
    air pressure
  • What is temperature?
    How hot or cold the air is
  • What is global warming?
    The world getting hotter and hotter
  • Steam is an example of...
    evaporation
  • When water changes from a gas to liquid is called...
    condensation
  • David Murphy and Karen Rodgers tell us the weather. They are called...
    meteorologists
  • What is radar?
    A tool that helps us predict the weather
  • Tiny drops of water that form on cool surfaces is called...
    dew
  • What is a rain gauge?
    something that collects and measures rain