Download 5th Grade Science Weather Vocabulary Cards

Air mass
Humidity
11
1
Sea breeze
Air pressure
2
Land breeze
Weather
12
22
13
Stationary front
23
Climate
3
Mountain breeze
4
Occluded front
21
Run-off
Cloud
14
24
5
Valley breeze
15
Meteorologist
25
6
Condensation
16
Precipitation
26
Evaporation
Water cycle
Temperature
Barometer
7
17
8
Troposphere
18
Tropical Zone
Altitude
Cumulus
9
Cirrus
Atmosphere
28
Stratus
19
29
20
Temperate Zone
30
Polar Zone
10
Psychrometer
27
The amount of water vapor in
the air
1
The movement of air caused by
cool air over the ocean moving
toward the land
2
The movement of air created
by cool air over the land
moving toward the ocean
3
A large body of air that has the
same temperature and level of
The area in which a warm air
humidity throughout
mass is caught between two cold
11 air masses
21
The weight of the air in an area
12
The average weather
conditions of an area over a
very long period of time
13
The movement of air caused by
cool air sinking and moving
down the slope of a mountain
4
Rain that lands on top of a
mountain, travels down to
lower ground and joins larger
bodies of water
14
The change of phase from
liquid water into a gas
(water vapor)
The movement of air created
by the warm air rising and
flowing up the slope of a
mountain
15
5
The state of the atmosphere at
a certain time and place
22
The area in which a warm air
mass and a cold air mass meet.
Neither have the energy to
move one another
23
A collection of millions of tiny
water droplets or ice crystals
24
A scientist who studies
weather
25
The movement of water on
Earth that moves between the
air, the land, and the oceans
6
The changing of a substance
from a gas to the liquid state
16
Any form of water that falls
from the sky
26
The measurement of the
amount of heat in a substance
7
Weather instrument used to
measure air pressure
17
Weather instrument used to
measure the amount of
moisture or humidity in the air
27
Characterized by a hot climate,
and is located near the equator
8
Layer of the atmosphere
closest to the Earth, all weather
happens here
18
Elevation especially above sea
level or above the Earth’s
surface
9
Clouds of middle altitude,
large, puffy, and sometimes
creative shapes
19
Clouds of high altitude, curly,
wispy, and made of ice crystals
10
Characterized by a frigid
climate with harsh winter
temperatures, located near the
poles
20
A blanket of gases that
surrounds the Earth
28
Clouds of low altitude, they’re
thin and stretch out across the
sky, and block out sunlight
Ex. Fog
29
Characterized by a seasonal
climate, wide range of
temperatures, hot and cold
30