Water Cycle & Weather Vocabulary Review

Snow is solid precipitation that falls through cold air.

Solid precipitation made of layers of ice that usually falls during a thunderstorm.

The state of material due to the motion of its atoms (solid, liquid, or gas)

Wind speed describes where the wind is blowing from.

A temperature scale on which water freezes at zero degrees and boils at 100 degrees.

The continuous movement of water between Earth’s surface and the air; changing from liquid into gas and back to a liquid

A measure of how far a place is from the equator.

Water that falls from clouds to the ground in the form of rain, sleet, hail, or snow.

Water in the form of a gas is known as water vapor.

Climate zones are geographical areas that have similar weather patterns.

A temperature scale on which water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees.

The average weather patterns of an area over time.

The condition of the atmosphere at a given place and time. Temporary conditions at a specific place and time.

The process through which a gas changes into a liquid is called precipitation.

Precipitation that freezes near the ground. A combination of rain and snow.

A process through which a liquid changes into a gas.

Runoff is water that moves downhill.

A land's heigh above sea level.