{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/earth-weather",
 "id": "earth-weather",
 "title": "Weather Words",
 "category": "science",
 "subject": "Earth Science",
 "levels": [
  "k-2",
  "3-5",
  "6-8"
 ],
 "description": "Weather, climate, storms and the tools meteorologists use.",
 "tags": [
  "weather",
  "meteorology"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Term",
 "backLabel": "Meaning",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Weather",
   "What the air outside is like at a certain time and place"
  ],
  [
   "Climate",
   "The average weather of a place over many years"
  ],
  [
   "Meteorologist",
   "A scientist who studies and forecasts weather"
  ],
  [
   "Atmosphere",
   "The layer of gases around Earth"
  ],
  [
   "Temperature",
   "How hot or cold something is"
  ],
  [
   "Humidity",
   "The amount of water vapor in the air"
  ],
  [
   "Precipitation",
   "Water falling from clouds: rain, snow, sleet or hail"
  ],
  [
   "Rain",
   "Liquid water drops falling from clouds"
  ],
  [
   "Snow",
   "Ice crystals that fall in flakes"
  ],
  [
   "Sleet",
   "Frozen raindrops"
  ],
  [
   "Hail",
   "Balls of ice that fall from thunderstorms"
  ],
  [
   "Freezing rain",
   "Rain that freezes on contact with cold surfaces"
  ],
  [
   "Fog",
   "A cloud at ground level"
  ],
  [
   "Dew",
   "Water droplets that condense on cool surfaces overnight"
  ],
  [
   "Frost",
   "Ice crystals on surfaces below freezing"
  ],
  [
   "Wind",
   "Moving air"
  ],
  [
   "Air pressure",
   "The weight of air pressing on the surface"
  ],
  [
   "High pressure",
   "Usually brings clear, calm weather"
  ],
  [
   "Low pressure",
   "Usually brings clouds and storms"
  ],
  [
   "Front",
   "The boundary between two air masses"
  ],
  [
   "Cold front",
   "Cold air pushes under warm air, often bringing storms"
  ],
  [
   "Warm front",
   "Warm air slides over cold air, often bringing steady rain"
  ],
  [
   "Stationary front",
   "A front that stays in the same place"
  ],
  [
   "Air mass",
   "A large body of air with similar temperature and moisture"
  ],
  [
   "Thunderstorm",
   "A storm with thunder, lightning and heavy rain"
  ],
  [
   "Lightning",
   "A giant spark of electricity in the sky"
  ],
  [
   "Thunder",
   "The sound made by lightning heating the air"
  ],
  [
   "Tornado",
   "A rotating column of air that touches the ground"
  ],
  [
   "Hurricane",
   "A huge tropical storm with strong winds"
  ],
  [
   "Typhoon",
   "Name for a hurricane in the western Pacific"
  ],
  [
   "Cyclone",
   "Name for a hurricane in the Indian Ocean"
  ],
  [
   "Blizzard",
   "A snowstorm with strong wind and low visibility"
  ],
  [
   "Drought",
   "A long time with little rain"
  ],
  [
   "Flood",
   "Water covering land that is usually dry"
  ],
  [
   "Heat wave",
   "A long period of unusually hot weather"
  ],
  [
   "Monsoon",
   "A seasonal wind that brings heavy rains"
  ],
  [
   "Tropical storm",
   "A storm with winds of 39 to 73 miles per hour"
  ],
  [
   "Eye of a hurricane",
   "The calm center"
  ],
  [
   "Storm surge",
   "A rise of sea water pushed ashore by a storm"
  ],
  [
   "Water cycle",
   "Water moving through evaporation, condensation and precipitation"
  ],
  [
   "Evaporation",
   "Liquid water turning into vapor"
  ],
  [
   "Condensation",
   "Water vapor turning into liquid"
  ],
  [
   "Dew point",
   "The temperature at which air becomes saturated and dew forms"
  ],
  [
   "Forecast",
   "A prediction of future weather"
  ],
  [
   "Thermometer",
   "Measures temperature"
  ],
  [
   "Barometer",
   "Measures air pressure"
  ],
  [
   "Anemometer",
   "Measures wind speed"
  ],
  [
   "Wind vane",
   "Shows wind direction"
  ],
  [
   "Rain gauge",
   "Measures rainfall"
  ],
  [
   "Hygrometer",
   "Measures humidity"
  ],
  [
   "Weather balloon",
   "A balloon carrying instruments up into the air"
  ],
  [
   "Doppler radar",
   "Radar that detects rain and storm movement"
  ],
  [
   "Satellite",
   "A spacecraft that photographs clouds and weather from above"
  ],
  [
   "Beaufort scale",
   "A scale for describing wind strength"
  ],
  [
   "Saffir-Simpson scale",
   "Rates hurricanes from category 1 to 5"
  ],
  [
   "Enhanced Fujita scale",
   "Rates tornado damage from EF0 to EF5"
  ],
  [
   "Celsius",
   "A temperature scale where water freezes at 0 and boils at 100"
  ],
  [
   "Fahrenheit",
   "A temperature scale where water freezes at 32 and boils at 212"
  ],
  [
   "Jet stream",
   "A fast narrow current of wind high in the atmosphere"
  ],
  [
   "Coriolis effect",
   "The turning of winds and currents caused by Earth's rotation"
  ],
  [
   "El Nino",
   "A pattern of warmer than normal Pacific Ocean water that changes weather worldwide"
  ],
  [
   "Rainbow",
   "Arc of colors made when sunlight passes through water drops"
  ],
  [
   "Microclimate",
   "The climate of a small area that differs from nearby areas"
  ],
  [
   "Lake-effect snow",
   "Snow made when cold air passes over warm lake water"
  ]
 ]
}