Vocab

Question 1

Air Pressure

Answer 1

Air has weight. Air pushes down on things on Earth.

Question 2

Atmosphere

Answer 2

A blanket of air. Earth’s atmosphere is made up of gases that help plants and animals to live and grow.

Question 3

Barometer

Answer 3

A tool used for measuring the air.

Question 4

Barometric Pressure

Answer 4

Gases push down on Earth. This is called Barometric Pressure.

Question 5

Celsius

Answer 5

Celsius is a scale on which temperature is measured.

Question 6

Climate

Answer 6

The description of the average temperature of a certain place.

Question 7

Cloud

Answer 7

Clouds are formed from tiny rain droplets, when these droplets get too big, they fall from the sky.

Question 8

Cumulonimbus Cloud

Answer 8

The typical rain cloud.

Question 9

Cumulus Cloud

Answer 9

White and puffy clouds, they are made up of raindrops.

Question 10

Dew Point

Answer 10

The water on leaves. Dew is formed when it is hot and the air can hold more water vapor.

Question 11

Drought

Answer 11

A shortage of rain.

Question 12

Freezing Point

Answer 12

When water is placed in a freezer, the water freezes. When the water freezes the water molecules and they lose their energy.

Question 13

Hurricane

Answer 13

Storms that begin over oceans.

Question 14

Front

Answer 14

in weather, the boundary between two masses of air with different properties.

Question 15

Funnel Cloud

Answer 15

a rotating, funnel-shaped cloud: Funnel clouds do not touch the ground.

Question 16

Global Warming

Answer 16

the slow warming of Earth’s atmosphere due to climatic change

Question 17

Hail

Answer 17

small, icy balls that fall from the sky

Question 18

Humidity

Answer 18

the measure of how much water vapor is in the air

Question 19

Meteorology

Answer 19

the study of patterns of weather

Question 20

Precipitation

Answer 20

water that is released from clouds in the sky; includes rain, snow, sleet, hail, and freezing rain

Question 21

Thunder

Answer 21

a loud noise that happens when lightning heats the air and causes it to expand and contract quickly

Question 22

Thunderstorm

Answer 22

a weather system that produces heavy precipitation, winds, lightning, and thunder

Question 23

Tornado

Answer 23

a funnel-shaped cloud or column of air that rotates at high speeds and extends downward from a cloud to the ground

Question 24

Tropical Depression

Answer 24

a region of low pressure with counter-clockwise wind rotation that develops into a hurricane or tropical storm.

Question 25

Typhoon

Answer 25

a hurricane or tropical storm originating in the Pacific Ocean.

Question 26

Weather

Answer 26

the properties of the atmosphere at a given time and location, including temperature, air movement and precipitation.

Question 27

Air Pressure

Answer 27

Air has weight. Air pushes down on things on Earth.

Question 28

Atmosphere

Answer 28

A blanket of air. Earth’s atmosphere is made up of gases that help plants and animals to live and grow.

Question 29

Barometer

Answer 29

A tool used for measuring the air.

Question 30

Barometric Pressure

Answer 30

Gases push down on Earth. This is called Barometric Pressure.

Question 31

Celsius

Answer 31

Celsius is a scale on which temperature is measured.

Question 32

Climate

Answer 32

The description of the average temperature of a certain place.

Question 33

Cloud

Answer 33

Clouds are formed from tiny rain droplets, when these droplets get too big, they fall from the sky.

Question 34

Cumulonimbus Cloud

Answer 34

The typical rain cloud.

Question 35

Cumulus Cloud

Answer 35

White and puffy clouds, they are made up of raindrops.

Question 36

Dew Point

Answer 36

The water on leaves. Dew is formed when it is hot and the air can hold more water vapor.

Question 37

Drought

Answer 37

A shortage of rain.

Question 38

Freezing Point

Answer 38

When water is placed in a freezer, the water freezes. When the water freezes the water molecules and they lose their energy.

Question 39

Hurricane

Answer 39

Storms that begin over oceans.

Question 40

Front

Answer 40

in weather, the boundary between two masses of air with different properties.

Question 41

Funnel Cloud

Answer 41

a rotating, funnel-shaped cloud: Funnel clouds do not touch the ground.

Question 42

Global Warming

Answer 42

the slow warming of Earth’s atmosphere due to climatic change

Question 43

Hail

Answer 43

small, icy balls that fall from the sky

Question 44

Humidity

Answer 44

the measure of how much water vapor is in the air

Question 45

Meteorology

Answer 45

the study of patterns of weather

Question 46

Precipitation

Answer 46

water that is released from clouds in the sky; includes rain, snow, sleet, hail, and freezing rain

Question 47

Thunder

Answer 47

a loud noise that happens when lightning heats the air and causes it to expand and contract quickly

Question 48

Thunderstorm

Answer 48

a weather system that produces heavy precipitation, winds, lightning, and thunder

Question 49

Tornado

Answer 49

a funnel-shaped cloud or column of air that rotates at high speeds and extends downward from a cloud to the ground

Question 50

Tropical Depression

Answer 50

a region of low pressure with counter-clockwise wind rotation that develops into a hurricane or tropical storm.

Question 51

Typhoon

Answer 51

a hurricane or tropical storm originating in the Pacific Ocean.

Question 52

Weather

Answer 52

the properties of the atmosphere at a given time and location, including temperature, air movement and precipitation.