Science Ch7 vocab

a measure of how hot or cold something is

• temperature

• natural hazard

• precipitation

• climate

a blanket of gases and tiny bits of dust that surround Earth

• atmosphere

• preciptation

• temperature

• weather

water that falls to the ground from the atmosphere

• precipitation

• temperature

• axis

• weather

what the air is like at a certain time and place

• weather

• climate

• season

• temperature

an imaginary line through Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole

• axis

• floodwall

• levee

• lightning rod

the pattern of weather at a certain place over a long period of time

• climate

• weather

• temperature

one of the four parts of the year with different weather patterns

• season

• weather

• climate

• temperature

a natural even such as a flood, earthquake, or hurricane that causes great damage

• natural hazard

• floodwall

• levee

• lightning rod

a wall built to reduce or prevent flooding in an area

• floodwall

• levee

• lightning rod

• natural hazard

a wall built along the sides of rivers and other bodies of water to prevent them from overflowing

• levee

• floodwall

• lightning rod