Weather and Weather Maps Vocabulary

Fill in the blank: ______ is the condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.

• weather

• climate

• temperature

• humidity

Fill in the blank: ______ is the pressure caused by the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area.

• air pressure

• water pressure

• gravity

• friction

Fill in the blank: ______ is a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air.

• humidity

• temperature

• pressure

• wind speed

Fill in the blank: ______ is the percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor that air can contain at a particular temperature.

• relative humidity

• absolute humidity

• dew point

• saturation point

Fill in the blank: ______ is the temperature at which the water vapor in the air becomes saturated and condensation begins.

• dew point

• boiling point

• freezing point

• melting point

Fill in the blank: ______ is a change of state from a gas to a liquid due to a cooling or compression.

• condensation

• evaporation

• sublimation

• deposition

Fill in the blank: ______ is the change of a substance from a liquid to a gas.

• evaporation

• condensation

• freezing

• sublimation

Fill in the blank: ______ is the change of state from a liquid to a gas.

• vaporization

• condensation

• freezing

• sublimation

Fill in the blank: ______ is the transfer of thermal energy by the circulation or movement of a liquid or gas.

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

• insulation

Fill in the blank: ______ is the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist).

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

• transpiration