Storm Vocabulary Flashcards
Air pressure
The force exerted onto a surface by the weight of air.
Tropical
Resembling the tropics, especially in being very hot and humid
Celsius
the scale of temperature in which water freezes at 0° and boils at 100°
Cumulus cloud
DescriptionCumulus clouds are clouds which have flat bases and are often described as puffy.
Cirrus cloud
DescriptionCirrus is a genus of atmospheric cloud
Thermometer
A tool for measuring and indicating temperature, typically one consisting of a narrow, hermetically sealed glass tube
Tropical depression
Tropical depression is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center,
Ocean current
A body of water that can cause I direct movement the flows in all the oceans
Dew point
Dew point is in the atmosphere temperature
Hurricane
A storm with violent winds in a tropical cyclone
Desert
A place we’re it is hot and humid and an abandon ecosystem
Typhoon
Is a tropical storm in the region of the Indian and western pacific oceans
Humidity
A place of being hot and represents the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere
Forecast
A prediction of what will happen with the weather
Atmosphere
Gases surrounding the earth or another planet or the air in any place
Hail
Pallets of frozen rain
Thunderstorm
A storm with thunder and lighting
Cloud
A visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere
Precipitation
The action or process of precipitating a substance
Drought
a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall
Front
the side or part of an object that presents itself to view
Meteorology
the branch of science concerned with the processes and phenomena of the atmosphere
Freezing point
A liquid turns into a solid when cooled
Tornado
A mobile destructive vortex of violent rotating winds
