Weather Vocabulary

Weather is the short-term state of the _______.

• atmosphere

• ocean

• land

• biosphere

Humidity is the amount of _______ in the air.

Relative humidity is the ratio of the amount of water vapor in the air to the amount of water vapor needed to reach _______ at a given temperature.

• saturation

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

Dew point is the temperature at which the rate of condensation equals the rate of _______.

• evaporation

• precipitation

• sublimation

• freezing

Precipitation is any form of water that falls to Earth’s surface from the _______.

• atmosphere

• ocean

• mountains

• rivers

Air pressure measures the force with which air molecules push on a _______.

• surface

• object

• liquid

• gas

Wind is air that moves horizontally, or parallel to the _______.

• ground

• sky

• clouds

• trees

Visibility is the distance at which a given standard object can be seen and identified with the unaided _______.

• eye

• hand

• telescope

• binoculars

Clouds are a collection of small water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the _______.

• atmosphere

• ocean

• desert

• forest

Cumulus clouds are low-level clouds that commonly have a top that resembles cotton balls and a dark _______.

• bottom

• top

• side

• edge