Gr. 3 Unit 1 Vocab

A description of the average weather of a certain place

• Climate

• Weather

• Temperature

• Water Cycle

When different air masses meet; can be either warm or cold

• Front

• Weather

• Climate

• Humidity

Scientists who study weather and create weather predictions

• Meteorologists

• Water Cycle

• Temperature

• Thermometer

Rain, sleet, snow, or hail

• Precipitation

• Temperature

• Climate

• Water cycle

A measure of the heat absorbed by the Earth; how hot or cold it is

• Temperature

• Weather

• Climate

• Thermometer

Movement of water around Earth; evaporation, condensation, precipitation, accumulation

• Water Cycle

• Precipitation

• Climate

• Humidity

A description of the current conditions of the atmosphere in a certain place

• Weather

• Climate

• Temperature

• Front

A collection of dust and water vapor in the sky.

• Cloud

• Evaporation

• Water cycle

• Weather

An instrument used to measure temperature.

• Thermometer

• Temperature

• Weather

• Climate

All of the gases around Earth; where weather happens

• Atmosphere

• Cloud

• Front

• Water cycle