CLIMATE vocabulary words
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. blizzard
A. A shortage of rainfall
2. celsius
B. Frozen flakes that fall in winter
3. climate
C. The ___ of an advancing mass of ___ air
4. cold front
D. Water falling from clouds
5. degree
E. Ice crystals forming a white deposit
6. drought
F. How hot or cold something is
7. fahrenheit
G. Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer
8. frost
H. A storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds
9. precipitation
I. The prevailing psychological state
10. rain
J. German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature
11. snow
K. A measure for arcs and angles
12. temperature
L. Whether it's rainy, sunny or windy outside
13. weather
M. The quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time