Topic 3 Science Test Review

an overflow of water that spreads over dry land and causes damage

• humidity

• flood

• evaporate

• hurricane

the measure of how hot or cold something is

• temperature

• atmosphere

• flood

• evaporate

the blanket of air that surrounds a planet

• humidity

• tornado

• atmosphere

• weather

a large storm that forms over an ocean with strong winds and a lot of rain

• storm

• flood

• tornado

• hurricane

the amount of water vapor in the air

• weather

• humidity

• evaporate

• weather

a change from a liquid to a gas

• evaporate

• condense

• precipitation

• storm

the conditions in the atmosphere at a particular place and time

• atmosphere

• weather

• storm

• condense

water in the atmosphere that falls to Earth's surface as rain, sleet, snow, or hail

• tornado

• weather

• evaporation

• precipitation

a disturbance in the atmosphere that causes large amounts of wind

• storm

• hurricane

• weather

• drought

a long, dry period with little or no rain

• humidity

• tornado

• drought

• weather