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Weather and Climate Vocab
5th Grade
weather: the day to day change in temperature, precipitation, wind, and air
pressure in a certain place.
climate: the average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
thunderstorm: a very strong storm with lots of rain, thunder, and lightening.
tornado: a rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm
cloud to touch Earth’s surface.
hurricane: A severe tropical storm with high-rotating winds that revolve around an
eye.
front: the boundary between two different air masses.
low pressure: a mass of rising warm air that usually brings wet, stormy weather.
high pressure: a mass of sinking cool air that usually brings fair weather.
cold front: a front that forms when a cold air mass pushes a warm air mass.
Thunderstorms can form and be followed by cool, fair weather.
warm front: a front where warm air moves over cold air and brings drizzly rain
followed by warm, clear weather.
Weather Tools:
rain gauge: an instrument used for measuring the amount of precipitation.
barometer: an instrument used to measure air pressures.
anemometer: an instrument used to measure wind speed.
thermometer: a tool used to measure temperature.
hygrometer: a tool that measures humidity.
wind vane: an instrument used to measure wind direction.