Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Weather the Weather
5th Grade Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| atmosphere | the gas that surrounds the Earth (and other planets and stars) |
| barometer | a weather instrument that measures air pressure |
| condensation | the process of changing from a gas to a liquid |
| dew point | the temperature at which the water vapor in the air condenses (dew forms) |
| evaporation | the process of changing from a liquid to a gas |
| freezing rain | rain that falls as liquid but turns to ice on contact with a freezing object or surface to form a smooth ice |
| hail | precipitation, consisting of large balls of ice, which forms in layers caused when raindrops are forced up and down through colder then warmer air layers found in thunder storms |
| humidity | water vapor in the air |
| hurricane | a severe tropical storm with torrential rain and winds above 74 miles per hour (119 kilometers per hour) |
| meteorology | the science of studying the Earth’s atmosphere and weather |
| precipitation | water that falls to the Earth’s surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail |
| psychrometer | an instrument used to measure humidity |
| sleet | forms as falling rain from a warm layer of air, then passes through a freezing air layer near the Earth’s surface, forming hard, clear, tiny ice pellets |
| tornado | an extremely destructive, funnel-shaped rotating column of air that passes in a narrow path over land |
Created by:
fsoda
Popular Earth Science sets