Weather Vocabulary

Weather is the short-term state of the _______.

• atmosphere

• ocean

• land

• biosphere

Humidity is the amount of (a)   in the air.

Relative humidity is the ratio of the amount of water vapor in the air to the amount of water vapor needed to reach _______ at a given temperature.

• saturation

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

Dew point is the temperature at which the rate of condensation equals the rate of _______.

• evaporation

• precipitation

• sublimation

• freezing

Precipitation is any form of water that falls to Earth’s surface from the _______.

• atmosphere

• ocean

• mountains

• rivers

Air pressure measures the force with which air molecules push on a _______.

• surface

• object

• liquid

• gas

Wind is air that moves horizontally, or parallel to the _______.

• ground

• sky

• clouds

• trees

Visibility is the distance at which a given standard object can be seen and identified with the unaided _______.

• eye

• hand

• telescope

• binoculars

Clouds are a collection of small water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the _______.

• atmosphere

• ocean

• desert

• forest

Cumulus clouds are low-level clouds that commonly have a top that resembles cotton balls and a dark _______.

• bottom

• top

• side

• edge