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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