Weather Vocabulary

An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure 

• thermometer

• anemometer

• barometer

• hygrometer

the pressure caused by the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area 

• wind

• air pressure

Metric unit for measuring temperature; On this scale water freezes at zero 

• Celcius

• Fahrenheit

A temperature scale with the freezing point of water 32 degrees 

• Celcius

• Fahrenheit

clouds that look like fluffy, rounded piles of cotton. Called "fair weather clouds" 

• cumulus

• stratus

• cirrus

• cumulonimbus

look like grayish sheets covering the whole sky with rain or snow

• cumulus

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A type of cumulus cloud that is tall and gray, and associated with thunderstorms

• stratus

• cirrus

• cumulonimbus

• cumulus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Wispy, feathery clouds made of ice crystals that form at high levels

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

The amount of water vapor in the air 

• fog

• rain

• humidity

• precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground

• humidity

• water

• condensation

• precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6