Weather patterns vocab!

Question 1

An amount of air that moves in a unit.

Answer 1

Air parcel

Question 2

The force on a surface caused by the weight of the atmosphere pressing down on Earth.

Answer 2

Air pressure

Question 3

The mixture of gasses surrounding a planet.

Answer 3

Atmosphere

Question 4

Liquid water droplets suspended in the air.

Answer 4

Cloud

Question 5

The process by which a gas changes into a liquid

Answer 5

Condensation

Question 6

The ability to make things move or change.

Answer 6

Energy

Question 7

The process by which a liquid changes into a gas.

Answer 7

Evaporation

Question 8

One thing that contributes to causing a event.

Answer 8

Factor

Question 9

Scientific methods used to reconstruct and understand a mystery.

Answer 9

Forensic

Question 10

A measure of how much water vapor is in the air.

Answer 10

Humidity

Question 11

The scientific study or weather.

Answer 11

Meteorology

Question 12

Something we observe to be similar over and over again.

Answer 12

Pattern

Question 13

Rain, Snow, sleet, hail that falls from the clouds to the ground.

Answer 13

Precipitation

Question 14

Where something comes from.

Answer 14

Source

Question 15

Whenever something stays mostly the same over time.

Answer 15

Stability

Question 16

The measure of how hot or cold something is.

Answer 16

Temperature

Question 17

To move from one object to another.

Answer 17

Transfer

Question 18

The layer of the atmosphere closer to earth, where weather happens.

Answer 18

Troposphere

Question 19

Water as a gas.

Answer 19

Water vapor.

Question 20

Conditions such as rain, clouds, and wind at a particular time.

Answer 20

Weather

Question 21

The movement of air in a particular direction.

Answer 21

Wind