Vocabulary Wild Weather

Front

Funnel

Back

A type of cloud that has a wide circle at the top and a short tube at the bottom.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Front

Pellets

Back

Tiny balls of ice.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Front

Predict

Back

When you say something will happen before it does.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Front

Clings

Back

When something sticks to something else.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.RF.K.3C

Front

Excess

Back

More than what is needed.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Front

Weather

Back

The state of the atmosphere at a place and time, including temperature, precipitation, and wind.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Front

Cloud

Back

A visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Front

Precipitation

Back

Any form of water that falls from clouds, including rain, snow, sleet, and hail.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Front

Hail

Back

Balls or irregular lumps of ice that fall from clouds.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Front

Tornado

Back

A rapidly rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4