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Weather and Climate Vocabulary

Weather and Climate Vocabulary. 3-5 Grade. Rain Gauge . An instrument u sed t o m easure t he a mount of rainfall. Windsock. An instrument used to show the direction of wind and measure the speed . Thermometer . An instrument used to measure how hot or cold something is.

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Weather and Climate Vocabulary

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  1. Weather and Climate Vocabulary 3-5 Grade

  2. Rain Gauge An instrument used to measure the amount of rainfall

  3. Windsock An instrument used to show the direction of wind and measure the speed

  4. Thermometer An instrument used to measure how hot or cold something is

  5. Barometer An instrument that measures air pressure

  6. Weather Describes the condition of the atmosphere such as temperature, cloud cover, wind speed, and rainfall

  7. Climate Average weather conditions of a region year after year

  8. Precipitation Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from the clouds in the sky

  9. Trend Show an increasing number of events

  10. Data Pieces of information

  11. Humidity The amount of water vapor in the air

  12. Typical Usual or average

  13. Warm Front The location where a warm air mass is replacing a cooler air mass.

  14. Cold Front The location where a cold air mass is replacing a warm air mass.

  15. Air Pressure A force applied by the weight of air.

  16. Global Warming A rise in the average temperatures of Earth’s air and oceans

  17. Season Several months during the year that have similar temperatures

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