Weather Flashcards
Barometer
Used to measure air pressure.
Barometric pressure
Layers of gasses the push down on earth
Cirrus cloud
The predict the weather in the sky
Climate
The average weather in places for a certain amount of time
Cloud
They drop rain from the sky
Drought
A shortage of rainfall in a region
Dew point
When air is warm it holds water vapor
Cumulonimbus cloud
Move upward with rising air
Cumulus cloud
White and puffy and are made of water droplets
Forecast
Tells you what kind of weather you will have
Front
The clouds formed when a mass of cool air runs into a mass of warm air
Funnel cloud
Thunderstorms can make a funnel-shaped column of clouds. T
Hail
Sometimes, water droplets in clouds freeze. The frozen drops move up into the cloud, carried by strong winds.
Humidity
This is because air has a lot of water vapor in it.
Hurricane
Hurricanes are storms that begin over the oceans.
Meteorology
Air masses form over large areas that have similar weather. A
Thunder
Sometimes, when it rains, you see big flashes of light in the sky
Thunderstorms
Sometimes hot and cold air meet in the atmosphere.
Tornado
When a mass of cold air meets a mass of warm air, the cold air pushes the warm air up at great speeds.
Tropical depression
A hurricane usually starts as a low pressure system over warm tropical oceans.
Typhoon
is a severe tropical storm that originates in the Pacific Ocean, west of the International Dateline.
Weather
is what gives you an idea of how things are outside
Air pressure
It pushes down on thing on earth.
