Weather Vocabulary

The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.

• evaporation

• weather

• precipitation

• water cycle

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Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface (rain, snow, sleet, etc.)

• condensation

• precipitation

• climate

• temperature

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A force that is the result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area.

• front

• climate

• air pressure

• air mass

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A boundary between two air masses.

• air mass

• weather

• front

• climate

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Overall weather in an area over a long period of time.

• air mass

• climate

• condensation

• weather

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meteorologist

• a scientist who studies plants

• a scientist who studies water

• a scientist who studies animals

• a scientist who studies weather

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anemometer

• measures rainfall

• measures distance

• measures wind speed

• measures vibrations

precipitation

• water that falls as rain, snow, sleet or hail

• water that falls only as rain

• water that falls only as sleet

• water that falls only as hail

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rain gauge

• a tool that measures snow fall

• a tool that measures hail

• a tool that measures rain fall

• a tool that measures sleet

weather

• what happens in the atmosphere, what the air is like outside

• what happens in the ocean, what the water is like outside

• what happens on the ground, what the dirt is like outside

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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