EOG Vocabulary Review (Weather)

The happenings of the atmosphere at a given time and place.

• Weather

• Climate

• Clouds

• Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Any form of water that falls to the Earth, from clouds, in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail.

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A puffy, fair-weather cloud with a flat base and a "heaped up" top

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulonimbus

• Cumulus

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

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulonimbus

• Cumulus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A wispy cloud made of ice crystals.

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulonimbus

• Cumulus

A gray, flat, layered cloud that usually brings precipitation

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulonimbus

• Cumulus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

An instrument used to measure the amount of precipitation that falls.

• Rain Guage

• Wind Vane

• Anemometer

• Barometer

An instrument used to measure temperature.

• Rain Gauge

• Anemometer

• Thermometer

• Barometer

An instrument used to measure air pressure.

• Rain Guage

• Anemometer

• Barometer

• Thermometer

An instrument used to measure wind speed.

• Barometer

• Anemometer

• Rain Gauge

• Hydrometer