Weather in Specific Environments

Picture Vocabulary

5.E 7.5, 7.6, and 7.7 Weather in Specific Environments

Weather

The current condition of the air outdoors, such as temperature, cloud

cover, wind speed, and rainfall

Climate

The set of weather conditions that prevail in a region year after year

Typical

Common

Precipitation

Water that falls from clouds

Natural Disaster

Catastrophe caused by natural forces, not man-made forces

Hurricane

A large, tropical weather system in the northeastern Pacific or northern Atlantic Ocean consisting of an

extreme low pressure air mass with heavy rains and wind speeds of at least 119 km/h

Tornadoes

Storms with twisting winds; twisters

Earthquake

A sudden movement of Earth’s crust caused by the release of stress accumulated along geologic faults

or by volcanic activity

Flood

Too much water in an area

Latitude

Geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on Earth’s

surface

Elevation

The distance above sea level