Summary
Simple weather-related terms.
Weather Terms
| Term (memorize) | Definition (memorize) |
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| Cumulus Clouds | Look like heaps of cotton. |
| Cirrus Clouds | Look like wispy curls high in the air. |
| Stratus Clouds | Look like a low cover over your head and are low to the ground. |
| Nimbus Clouds | Look like a gray blanket or puffs of smoke. Storm clouds. |
| Anemometer | Measures wind speed. |
| Barometer | Measures the air pressure. |
| Cumulonimbus Clouds | Thunderhead Clouds. |
Weather Terms I
| Term (memorize) | Definition (memorize) |
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| Atmosphere | The air that surrounds Earth. |
| Weather | What is happening in the atmosphere at a certain place. |
| Temperature, precipitation, and wind | Parts of weather. |
| Precipitation | Water that falls to Earth. |
| Rain, freezing rain, sleet and snow | Four types of precipitation. |
| Rain | Water droplets. |
Weather Terms II
| Term (memorize) | Definition (memorize) |
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| Freezing rain | Rain that freezes on the objects it hits. |
| Sleet | Frozen rain. |
| Snow | White ice crystals. |
| Blizzard | Large snowstorm. |
| Tornado | Violent windstorm with a rotating column of air. |
| Tornado Watch | Tornados are possible. |
Weather Terms III
| Term (memorize) | Definition (memorize) |
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| Tornado Warning | A tornado is on the ground or has been detected by Doppler Radar. |
| Hurricane | Strong, dangerous storms that form over warm ocean waters. |
| Flood | Rivers rise and go over their banks after many days of rain and/or meting snow. |
| Flood watch | A flood is possible. |
| Flood warning | Water is over the riverbanks and a flood is happening. |
| Climate | The average weather in a place over a period of time. |
Weather Terms IV
| Term (memorize) | Definition (memorize) |
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| Rainforest climate | The temperature is very hot and humid/sticky and it rains a lot. |
| Savanna climate | The temperature is hot and it is very wet or very dry. |
| Desert climate | The temperature is very hot during the day and cold at night. There is little or no rain. |
| Grasslands climate | The temperature is hot in the summer and cold in the winter, it is very dry with little rain. |
| Deciduous forest climate | The temperature is warm in the summer and cold in the winter, it is rainy at times. |
| Temperature | Measures how hot or cold something is. |
Weather Terms V
| Term (memorize) | Definition (memorize) |
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| Wind | The movement of air. |
| Air pressure | The weight of the atmosphere pressing down on us. |
| Weather vane | Tells from what direction the wind is coming. |
| Rain guage | Measures the amount of rainfall. |
| Thermometer | Measures air temperature. |
| Meteorologist | Scientist who studies the weather and atmosphere. |
| Meteorology | Study of weather. |
| Weather map | A map that shows weather data for a large area. |
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