Vocab part 2 Weather and Climate

A scientist who studies the causes of weather and tries to predict it.

• biologist

• physicist

• meteorologist

• chemist

A violent disturbance in the atmosphere.

• storm

• weather

• drought

• climate

A small storm often accompanied by heavy precipitation and frequent thunder and lightning.

• flood

• storm surge

• drought

• thunderstorm

  A tropical storm that has winds of about 74 miles per hour (119 kilometers per hour) or higher.

• tornado

• hurricane

• thunderstorm

• drought

  A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down to touch Earth’s surface.

• hurricane

• tornado

• storm surge

• drought

 A “dome” of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands.

• flood

• climate

• drought

• Storm surge

An overflowing of water in a normally dry area.

• flood

• drought

• tornado

• storm surge

A long period of low precipitation.

• flood

• drought

• storm surge

• hurricane

The average annual conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area.

• Weather

• Climate

• drought

• flood

the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc

• climate

• weather

• flood

• drought