Weather Vocabulary

anemometer

• measures rainfall

• measures distance

• measures wind speed

• measures vibrations

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

atmosphere

• layers of water that cover the earth

• layers of stars surrounding the earth

• layers of gases surrounding the earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

condensation

• the changing of a solid into a liquid

• the changing of a gas into a liquid

• the changing of a liquid into a gas

• the changing of a solid into a gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

evaporation

• the changing of a liquid into a gas

• the changing of a gas into a liquid

• the changing of a solid into a gas

• the changing of a gas into a solid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

meteorologist

• a scientist who studies plants

• a scientist who studies water

• a scientist who studies animals

• a scientist who studies weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

precipitation

• water that falls as rain, snow, sleet or hail

• water that falls only as rain

• water that falls only as sleet

• water that falls only as hail

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

rain gauge

• a tool that measures snow fall

• a tool that measures hail

• a tool that measures rain fall

• a tool that measures sleet

Tags

NGSS.3-ESS2-1

thermometer

• a tool that measures temperature

• a tool that measures rain fall

• a tool that measures gas

• a tool that measures distance

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

vapor

• the solids that clouds are made of

• the cotton that clouds are made of

• the stuff that clouds are made of

• the gas that clouds are made of

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

water cycle

• the way that gases moves in different forms throughout the atmosphere

• the way that solids moves in different forms throughout the atmosphere

• the way that animals moves in different forms throughout the atmosphere

• the way that water moves in different forms throughout the atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4