4th Grade Weather and Water Cycle Vocabulary

Mrs. Thornburg’s version

Vocabulary for Weather and Water Cycle

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What do we call the constant movement of water from Earth’s surface to the

atmosphere and back to Earth’s surface?

Water Cycle

What do we call the process by which a gas changes into a liquid?

Condensation

What do we call the process by which a liquid changes into a gas?

Evaporation

What do we call water that falls from clouds to the Earth?

Precipitation

What do we call the storage of water in a lake, pond, ocean, or river after it falls from

the clouds?

Collection

What do we call a measurement of the amount of water vapor in the air?

Humidity

What do we call the condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time?

Weather

What do we call the pattern of weather an area experiences over a long period of time?

Climate

What do we call a stream of water that flows like a river through the ocean?

Current

What do we call someone who studies weather?

Meteorologist

What do we call the study of weather?

Meteorology

What do we call a weather instrument that measures air pressure?

Barometer

What do we call a weather instrument that measures wind speed?

Anemometer

What do we call a weather instrument that measures temperature?

Thermometer

What do we call an instrument that collects the water amount over a period of time?

Rain Gauge

What do we call a large body of air that has similar temperature and humidity

throughout?

Air mass

What do we call a place where two air masses meet?

Front