Weather Grade 5

Vocabulary Flash Cards

Norwood Elementary Science

Air Mass Large amounts of moving air Air pressure Air pushing on the Earth Anemometer Measures wind speed

Barometer Measures air pressure Beaufort scale Wind speed values Cirrus clouds High, thin wispy clouds

Climate Weather over a long time Cold front Cold air taking over warm air Condensation Vapor turning to liquid when heat removed

Cumulus clouds Puffy fair weather clouds Evaporation Liquid turning to vapor when heat added Fog Cloud on the ground

Front Where two air masses meet Groundwater Water that seeps into the ground Jet Stream Band of high altitude fast moving air

Meteorologist One who studies weather Precipitation Water falling from the sky Rain Water drops falling from clouds

Relative humidity Water vapor present compared to amount air can hold Revolution Earth orbits sun causing seasons Sleet Frozen rain

Snow Frozen water vapor Solar energy Heat and light from the Sun Warm front Warm air replacing cold air

Water cycle Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff Weather Day to day changes in temp, precip, wind and humidity Wind Air, heated by Sun, moving over the Earth