Weather Vocab

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What are tornadoes and hurricanes classified as?

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Storms

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What is the phenomenon that appears as a spectrum of colors in the sky after rain?

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Rainbow

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What is the term for a thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the air, reducing visibility?

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Fog

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What do we call frozen precipitation that falls from clouds?

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Snow

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How would you describe the weather when the sky is covered with clouds?

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It's cloudy.

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What type of storm is characterized by a rotating column of air in contact with the ground?

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Tornado

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What is the name of a severe tropical storm with strong winds and heavy rain?

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Hurricane

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What is the term for the amount of moisture in the air?

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Humidity

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What do we call the process of water vapor turning into liquid water?

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Condensation

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What is the term for the visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere?

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Cloud