1. Brittany was reporting the weather today and she said there is a lot of
moisture in the air. The ___________________ was 93 %.
2. Virginia has lousy weather today. There is warmer air and a lot of moisture in the air so that must mean
there is _____________________.
3. Pennsylvania has happy weather today. There is cooler air and very little moisture in the air so that must
mean there is ______________________.
4. If Virginia has high pressure and Pennsylvania has low pressure, some of the air from Virginia will move to
Pennsylvania and this will create __________________.
5. Because of _______________________, when Jacob got back from his cruise, all of the water in his pool
was gone!
6. A cloud is formed by ______________________ during the water cycle.
7. Neil had to run to the bus this morning because there was so much ___________________ coming down
from the sky.
8. One way that water can enter our atmosphere is through the process of ___________________ when water
evaporates from plants.
9. In order to do his weather report, Alex needed to measure air pressure, so he went inside and got his
_____________________ so he could have an accurate measurement.
10. Mary was lying in the grass one sunny day and she saw a big fluffy __________________ cloud that
looked just like Spongebob!
11. For the past few days, our skies have been covered with layers of ____________________ clouds that look
very gray and have brought lots of drizzle.
12. Sometimes, we can tell if the weather is about to change because
____________________ clouds in the sky usually mean a change in
weather is going to happen.
13. During Kevin’s football game, the team had to get off of the field
because they saw a giant _________________________ cloud which
meant a very violent thunderstorm was about to happen.
1. Lots of different weather can happen at a ___________________, where
two air masses meet.
2. An _______________________ that forms over the Gulf of Mexico will be warm and moist.
3. Two years ago, we experienced a ______________________ when we had a shortage of rain here
in Loudoun County.
4. Usually during a ____________________ Clara’s dog runs and hides under the bed because the
thunder, lightning and strong winds are very loud and it scares him!
5. Because the water is so warm near Florida ____________________ often form there since warm
water fuels this GIANT whirling storm!
6. The ____________________ in Florida tends to warm all year round.
7. Three years ago, all of the students had to duck in the hallways because there was a funnel
shaped storm outside that had very strong, spinning winds called a ____________________.
8. When we lay outside in the sun, we put sun block on our skin to protect it from
_____________________ when heat is transferred through the atmosphere by energy waves.
9. I went to the beach this summer. When I stepped on to the sand heat transferred directly from
the sand to my feet through the process of _____________________.
10. A sea breeze is an example of ___________________ because warm air is rising over the land.
11. During a _____________________ warm air is lifted high in the sky very rapidly, causing a quick
and violent thunderstorm.
12. There was a _______________________ last week that caused
feathery clouds to form in the sky and there was even a light rain
shower.
evaporation
Part One
condensation
precipitation
transpiration
cirrus
stratus
cumulus
cumulonimbus
low pressure
high pressure
wind
humidity
barometer
The sun heats up water from lakes, streams, rivers, and
oceans causing the water to change from a liquid to a gas.
Water vapor cools down to become liquid
water and forms clouds.
Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, hail
or sleet.
Heat from the sun causes water to
evaporate from plant leaves.
Wispy feathery clouds made of ice crystals.
A flat layer of gray clouds that cover the sky
like a blanket.
Fluffy clouds that are in the sky on nice days.
Giant thunderhead clouds associated with
violent thunderstorms.
Is associated with warmer air that rises. It is also
associated with moisture in the air causing lousy weather.
Is associated with cooler air that sinks. It is also associated
with very little moisture in the air causing happy weather.
Is created by differences in air pressure. Air will move from
areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.
A measure of how much moisture is in the
air.
An instrument used to measure air pressure.
radiation
Part Two
conduction
convection
air mass
front
cold front
warm front
tornado
thunderstorm
hurricane
drought
climate
Energy that can transfer by traveling in waves. This form
of energy can also travel through empty space.
Heat transfer by direct physical contact.
The transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas).
When warm fluids rise and cool fluids sinks.
A large body of air.
The place where air masses meet.
Causes warm air to rise quickly and causes
quick violent storms.
Warm air slides over top of cool air and causes
feathery clouds and maybe some light showers.
A funnel shaped cloud that reaches the ground. It
is a violent and destructive wind storm that moves
across land.
A storm produced by a cumulonimbus cloud.
There is thunder, lightning, strong winds, heavy
rains and maybe even hail.
A tropical storm that forms over warm ocean
waters and can be up to 600 miles wide.
A long period of time with a shortage of
rainfall.
The average weather conditions in an area
over a long period of time.