Weather Vocabulary Words

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What is the difference between weather and climate?

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Weather is short-term; climate is long-term.

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What is precipitation?

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Any combination of snow, rain, hail, or sleet.

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What is water that falls from the sky?

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Precipitation.

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What is climate?

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Climate is the long-term record of weather in a specific region.

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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 is the process called when water vapor turns into liquid water?

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Condensation.

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What is the process of water turning into vapor?

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Evaporation.

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What is a weather front?

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A boundary between two different air masses.

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What is a thunderstorm?

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A storm characterized by thunder, lightning, and heavy rain.

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What is a drought?

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A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall.