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Earth Science
6th Grade:
Vocabulary: Weather
Name: _________________________
Directions: Select from the numbered definitions or descriptions the
best answer for each of the given terms. Put the number in the proper
space in the magic square box. The sum of the numbers will be the
same horizontally, vertically, and diagonally.
Magic Number: ________
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Evaporation
Relative Humidity
Psychrometer
Cirrus
Stratus
Air mass
Maritime
Polar
Occluded
Anticyclone
Thunderstorm
Tornado
Storm surge
Meteorologist
Isobar
Isotherm
Definitions or Descriptions:
1. A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to
touch Earth’s surface.
2. The process by which water molecules in liquid water escape into the air as water
vapor.
3. A “dome” of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands.
4. A cold air mass that forms north of 50° north latitude or south of 50° south latitude
and has high air pressure.
5. A humid air mass that forms over oceans.
6. A scientist who studies the causes of weather and tries to predict it.
7. The percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the maximum amount of water
vapor that air can contain at a particular temperature.
8. A small storm often accompanied by heavy precipitation and frequent thunder and
lightning.
9. A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure
throughout.
10. A line on a weather map that joins places that have the same air pressure.
11. An instrument used to measure relative humidity, consisting of a wet-bulb
thermometer and a dry-bulb thermometer.
12. A high-pressure center of dry air.
13. Cut off, as in a front where warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses.
14. Wispy, feathery clouds made mostly of ice crystals that form at high levels.
15. A line on a weather map that joins places that have the same temperature.
16. Clouds that form in flat layers and often cover much of the sky.