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Weather Words 21-30
5th grade Science Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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atmosphere | a blanket of gases that surrounds the Earth |
cloud | a collection of millions of tiny water droplets or ice crystals |
meteorologist | a scientist who studies weather |
occluded front | the area in which a warm air mass is caught between two cold air masses |
precipitation | any form of water that falls from the sky |
psychrometer | weather instrument used to measure the amount of moisture or humidity in the air |
stationary front | The area in which a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet. Neither have the energy to move one another. |
stratus | clouds of low altitude, they're thin and stretch out across the sky, and block out sunlight ex. fog |
temperate zone | characterized by a seasonal climate, wide range of temperatures, hot and cold |
weather | the state of the atmosphere at a certain time and place |