Science

We are studying Unit 7 on weather now.  If you notice in the vocabulary words six of the ten words are a "weather tool used to measure_________". That should make the words easier to learn.  The vocabulary test will be Friday, November 18th, and the Unit 7 test will be on Tuesday, November 22nd. 

 

UNIT 7:  Weather

1.       thermometer – weather tool used to measure temperature

2.       barometer – weather tool used to measure air pressure

3.       anemometer – weather tool used to measure wind speed

4.       rain gauge – weather tool used to measure rainfall

5.       hygrometer – weather tool used to measure humidity

6.       wind vane – weather tool used to measure wind direction

7.       front – when two air masses meet

8.       humidity – the amount of water vapor in the air

9.       weather – condition of the air at a specific time and place

10.   climate – pattern of weather over a long period of time