Weather and Climate Vocabulary

A tool used to measure the speed of wind

• barometer

• anemometer

• forecast

• rain gauge

A tool for measuring atmospheric pressure

• anemometer

• climate

• barometer

• precipitation

Average weather conditions for a region year after year

• climate

• weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The current outdoor conditions

• Climate

• Weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

To predict, such as the weather

• forecast

• weather

• temperature

• wind vane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds in the sky

• temperature

• weather

• rain gauge

• precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A tool that measures the amount of rain at a location

• wind vane

• barometer

• rain gauge

• thermometer

How hot or cold something is

• thermometer

• weather pattern

• temperature

• weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A tool used to measure temperature

• anemometer

• barometer

• rain gauge

• thermometer

Similar weather for a certain number of days

• climate

• weather

• weather pattern