Week 5 Science Vocabulary

Large rotating storm with high speed winds that forms over warm waters in tropical areas

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• Hail Storm

• Blizzard

West-to-east winds; move weather systems from west to east across the United States

• Gulf Stream

• Jet Stream

• Prevailing Westerlies

• Prevailing Easterlies

Warm ocean current that starts in the Gulf of Mexico and flows north along the eastern coast of the United States; brings warmer weather

• Gulf Stream

• Jet Stream

• La Nina

• El Nino

High altitude band of wind blowing west to east that form between warm and cold air masses 

• La Nina

• El Nino

• Gulf Stream

• Jet Stream

The sun heats water, making the water turn to water vapor (gas)

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

Water falling to the Earth in the form of rain, ice, hail, or snow

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

Warm water vapor cools and condenses, forming a liquid; clouds form

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

• Condensation

Heat causes plants to release water vapor into the air

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Condensation

Cooling of the surface of the Pacific Ocean

• Gulf Stream

• La Nina

• El Nino

• Jet Stream

Warming of the surface of the Pacific Ocean

• Jet Stream

• La Nina

• El Nino

• Gulf Stream