Weather Vocabulary

Yesterday's __________ dumped 3 feet of snow in our yard.

• hurricane

• snowman

• blizzard

• tornado

A mass of water droplets or bits of ice formed high in the sky.

• cloud

• tornado

• vapor

• hurricane

The science that deals with weather and climate.

• rain

• snow

• sleet

• meteorology

A large storm that forms over a warm ocean.

• thunderstorm

• hurricane

• tornado

• blizzard

To change from liquid to a gas (water vapor)...think of what happens to a puddle after being out in the sun

• lightning

• snow

• rain

• evaporation

The process of using and reusing water.

• flood

• cloud

• The Water Cycle

• rain

To change from a gas (water vapor) to a liquid (water molecules). When the water molecules squeeze together.

• rain

• evaporation

• condense

• snow

A funnel cloud with strong winds.

• tornado

• hurricane

• thunderstorm

• lightning

Which of the following are examples of precipitation? Mark ALL that apply.

• thunder

• rain

• snow

• sleet

Ivan was a Category 4 ____________ that spent time getting stronger in the Gulf of Mexico.

• rain

• hurricane

• tornado

• water