Weather Vocabulary

Process by which weatered anderoded material is deposited by wind, water, or ice

• deposition

• erosion

• weathering

The process where earth materials are broken down and moved from one area to another.

• deposition

• erosion

• weathering

The action of physical conditions on Earth that cause earth materials to change in color, teture, composition, or form; process which breaks down rocks into smaller pieces

• deposition

• erosion

• weathering

Air that surrounds the Earth; made of mixture of gasses

• condensation

• atmosphere

• evaporation

The process of changing from a gas to a liquid

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

The process of changing from a liquid to a gas

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

Water that falls to the Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet or hail

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

a tool for collecting and measuring the amount of precipitation that falls

• wind vane

• water accumulation

• rain gauge

increasing water levels in ponds, lakes, streams and rivers, glaciers, snowpack, or water run-off

• water accumulation

• rain gauge

• wind vane

a visual representation of a weather condition

• rain gauge

• weather symbol

• wind vane