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Weather Vocabulary Words
Accumulation
Air Mass
The amount of precipitation
Large bodies of air covering land and ocean areas
Air Pollution
Gasses and solids in the air that are not normally there, which makes the air
less healthy for living things
Air Pressure
Particles of air pushing down on the Earth’s surface. It is affect by two
things 1) amount of air above it and 2) temperature
Atmosphere
The layer of air (gas) that surrounds the Earth
Cirrus Clouds
Feathery, white clouds made of ice crystals. The highest clouds
Climate
A region’s regular pattern of weather over a long period of time
Cold Front
Condensation
Cumulonimbus Cloud
Cumulus Clouds
Evaporation
Forecast
Is formed when cold air mass meets up with a warm air mass. The denser,
cooler air pushes the warmer air upwards at a rapid pace. Temperatures will
drop
When water vapor rises, cools, and changes from a gas to a liquid
Large storm clouds that reach high up in the air
Large, puffy, white clouds that look like cotton balls
The process by which a liquid changes to a gas
Predictions about the upcoming weather
Front
The boundary where two different air masses meet (There are three
different types: warm, cold, and occluded)
Global Warming
The slow increase of the average temperature of Earth’s atmosphere
Groundwater
Humidity
Water that collects above the rock layer and moves like an underground river
Moisture (water vapor) in the atmosphere
Land Breeze
Meteorologist
Meteorology
Occluded Front
Precipitation
Runoff
Sea Breeze
Stationary Front
Stratus Clouds
At night, land rapidly loses its heat. Water cools off more slowly. Warmer
air rises above the water and is replaced by cooler air form above land
A scientist that studies and measures the weather conditions
The study of weather
Is formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front. Has characteristics of
both a warm and cold front
When water droplets fall from the sky. Can fall as rain, sleet, snow or hail.
Precipitation that runs across the land and falls into rivers or streams
During a hot day, land heats faster than water. Air above the land warms and
cool air over the water replaces it, causing a cool breeze
A front that stops moving for a few hours or as long as a few days
Flat layers of gray clouds that seem to “blanket” the Earth. They allow no or
very little sunlight to get through. These type of clouds that form close to
the ground are called fog
Temperature
The warmth or coldness of air or other matter
Thermometer
The instrument used to measure temperature
Transpiration
The process by which plants lose water out of their leaves (stoma openings)
and into the air
Warm Front
Is formed when a warm air mass meets up with cold air mass. Warm air rises
above the cold air mass in a gently sloping effect. Temperatures will rise
Water Cycle
The continuous movement of water between Earth’s surface and the air,
changing from liquid to gas to liquid
Weather
Wind
The conditions of the air in a particular place at a specific time (Can change
very frequently during the day or even by the hour)
Air on the move