1. Clickers Interactive Presentation: Weather Vocabulary
With Teaching Slides
Created by:
Cindy Jarrett
Created by:
Cindy Jarrett

2. Ice Snow Water Vapor Rain
Water in a gaseous state diffused in the atmosphere but below boiling temperature.
Ice
Snow
Water Vapor
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3. Water Vapor water in a gaseous state diffused in the atmosphere but below boiling temperature.

4. What is the cycle in which Earth’s water moves through the environment?
Oxygen Nitrogen Cycle
Life Cycle
Stream
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5. Water Cycle: The cycle in which Earth’s water moves through the environment.

6. What is the process by which a gas changed back into a liquid?
Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
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7. Condensation: the process by which a gas changed back into a liquid.

8. What is The process by which a liquid turns into a gas?
Condensation
Evaporation
Precipitation
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9. Evaporation: The process by which a liquid turns into a gas.

10. Clouds Climate El Nino Wind
What is a visible collection of tiny water droplets or, at colder temperatures, ice crystals floating in the air above the surface?
Clouds
Climate
El Nino
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11. Clouds: A visible collection of tiny water droplets or, at colder temperatures, ice crystals floating in the air above the surface. Clouds come in many different sizes and shapes. Clouds can form at ground level, which is fog, at great heights in the atmosphere, and everywhere in between. Clouds offer important clues to understanding and forecasting the weather.
Clouds: A visible collection of tiny water droplets or, at colder temperatures, ice crystals floating in the air above the surface. Clouds come in many different sizes and shapes. Clouds can form at ground level, which is fog, at great heights in the atmosphere, and everywhere in between. Clouds offer important clues to understanding and forecasting the weather.

12. Nimbostratus Cumulus Stratus Cirrus
Thin wispy clouds- that form high in the atmosphere as their water vapor freezes into ice crystals. They do not produce precipitation.
Nimbostratus
Cumulus
Stratus
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13. Cirrus: thin wispy clouds- that form high in the atmosphere as their water vapor freezes into ice crystals. They do not produce precipitation.

14. Stratus Cumulus Cirrus Nimbostratus
Fluffy, mid-level clouds that develop in towering shapes and signal fair weather.
Stratus
Cumulus
Cirrus
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15. Cumulus: Fluffy, mid-level clouds that develop in towering shapes and signal fair weather.

16. Low-lying, gray and sheet like clouds that often produce drizzle.
Stratus
Cumulus
Cirrus
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17. Stratus: Low-lying, gray and sheet like clouds that often produce drizzle.

18. The layer of air that surrounds the Earth is called...
Wind
Crust
Atmosphere
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19. Atmosphere: – the layer of air that surrounds the Earth.

20. To predict (the weather).
Guess
Regulate
Direct
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21. Forecast: to predict (the weather).

22. The weight of air.
Climate
Humidity
Precipitation
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23. Air Pressure: The weight of air.

24. The amount of water vapor present in a unit of volume of air.
Humidity
Air Pressure
Precipitation
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25. Humidity: the amount of water vapor present in a unit of volume of air
Humidity: the amount of water vapor present in a unit of volume of air. A hygroscope indicates the amount of humidity in the air.

26. The winds dependent on local changes in temperature.
Global Warming
Local Winds
Trade Winds
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27. Local Winds: the winds dependent on local changes in temperature.

28. The global winds that blow constantly from the same direction are called...
Prevailing Winds
Local Winds
Trade Winds
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29. Prevailing Winds : the global winds that blow constantly from the same direction.

30. A scientist who studies and predicts the weather.
Geologist
Paleontologist
Meteorologist
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31. Meteorologist: A scientist who studies and predicts the weather
Meteorologist: A scientist who studies and predicts the weather. Meteorologists use sophisticated equipment, like Doppler radar and supercomputers, but they also rely on old-fashioned sky watching.

32. General name for water in any form falling from clouds
General name for water in any form falling from clouds. This includes rain, drizzle, hail, snow, and sleet.
Humidity
Stratus
Air pressure
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33. Precipitation: General name for water in any form falling from clouds
Precipitation: General name for water in any form falling from clouds. This includes rain, drizzle, hail, snow and sleet. Although, dew, frost and fog are not considered to be precipitation.
SNOW
RAIN
HAIL
SLEET

34. The energy of the sunlight.
Electrical Energy
Nuclear Energy
Solar Energy
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35. Solar Energy: The energy of the sunlight.

36. The movement of air relative to the surface of the earth.
Wind
Tornado
Hurricane
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37. Wind: The moving air that results from the uneven heating of the Earth’s surface and differences in air pressure.

38. A cloud on the ground that reduces visibility.
Cirrus
Stratus
Fog
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39. Fog: A cloud on the ground that reduces visibility.

40. The measurement of how hot or cold something is.
Humidity
Temperature
Wind speed
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41. Temperature: The measurement of how hot or cold something is
Temperature: The measurement of how hot or cold something is. A thermometer is the instrument that measures temperature.

42. A short term climate change that occurs every two to ten years.
1.El Nino
2. Global Warming
3. Greenhouse Effect
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43. El Nino: A short term climate change that occurs every two to ten years.

44. The hypothesized rise in Earth’s average temperature from excess carbon dioxide.
Greenhouse Effect
Air Pressure
El Nino
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45. Greenhouse Effect: The hypothesized rise in Earth’s average temperature from excess carbon dioxide.

46. The process by which the Earth’s atmosphere absorbs heat is called…
Global Warming
Greenhouse Effect
El Nino
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47. Greenhouse Effect: process by which the Earth’s atmosphere absorbs heat.

48. This describes the condition of the air at a particular time and place.
Weather
Temperature
Air Pressure
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49. Weather: describes the condition of the air at a particular time and place. Weather also tells how the air moves (wind) and describes anything it might be carrying such as rain, snow or clouds. Thunder, lightning, rainbows, haze and other special events are all part of weather.

50. These are intense storms with swirling winds up to 150 miles per hour
These are intense storms with swirling winds up to 150 miles per hour. They are usually around 300 miles across.
Tornadoes
Thunder Storm
Hurricanes
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51. Hurricane: They are intense storms with swirling winds up to 150 miles per hour. Usually around 300 miles across, hurricanes are 1,000-5,000 times larger than tornadoes. Hurricanes are known by different names around the world. In Japan they are Typhoons, while Australians call them Willy-Willys.

52. The average of all weather conditions through all seasons over a period of time.
Climate
Forecast
Temperature
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53. Climate: The average of all weather conditions through all season over a period of time. Weather may change from day to day, but climate changes only over hundreds or thousands of years. Many animals and plants need one kind of climate to survive. Dolphins and palm trees can live only in a warm climate, while polar bears and spruce trees need a cold climate.

54. Water that forms on objects close to the ground when its temperature falls below the dew point of the surface air.
Snow
Sleet
Hail
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55. Dew: Water that forms on objects close to the ground when its temperature falls below the dew point of the surface air.

56. It begins as a funnel cloud with spinning columns of air that drop down from a severe thunderstorm.
Hurricane
Tornado
Thunderstorm
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57. Tornado: It begins as a funnel cloud with spinning columns of air that drop down from a severe thunderstorm. When they reach the ground they become tornadoes. Tornadoes are between 300 and 2,000 feet wide and travel at speeds of 20 to 45 miles per hour. They usually only last a few minutes, but their spinning winds, up to 300 miles per hour, can lift houses into the air and rip trees from the ground.

58. An instrument used to measures air pressure.
Barometer
Thermometer
Wind Vane
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59. Barometer : An instrument used to measure air pressure.

60. This tool measures relative humidity, using the cooling effect of evaporation.
Anemometer
Barometer
Thermometer
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61. Psychrometer: A psychrometer measures relative humidity, using the cooling effect of evaporation.

62. This instrument measures wind speed.
Psychrometer
Anemometer
Barometer
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63. Anemometer: An anemometer, like the one shown in the picture, measures wind speed.

64. This instrument measures weather conditions higher in the atmosphere.
Psychrometer
Barometer
Weather balloon
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65. Weather Balloons: Weather balloons measure weather conditions higher in the atmosphere.