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    Weather Vocabulary

    ESL Weather Vocabulary List

    Air pollution: Smoke and dust that make the air dangerous to breath. (noun)
    Air pressure: The weight of the air pressing down. (noun)
    Air: The gases that surround the Earth. (noun)
    Autumn: The cool season where leaves start to fall from trees.
    (British English) (noun)
    Blizzard: A very heavy snow storm. (noun)
    Breeze: A gentle and slow movement of air. (noun)
    Celsius: A new temperature measurement scale in which water
    freezes at 0 and boils at 100. (noun)
    Changeable: When the type of weather is always
    different. (adjective)
    Chilly: The temperature is quite cold. (adjective)
    Clear: When there are no clouds in the sky. (adjective)
    Climate: The average weather over a long period of time. (noun)
    Cloud: Water that is suspended high in the sky and can be seen. (noun)
    Cold: A low temperature. (adjective)
    Cool: A slightly cold temperature. (adjective)
    Degrees: A scale used to measure temperature. (noun)
    Dew: The water drops that collect on plants and surfaces early in the morning. (noun)
    Downpour: A very heavy rain. (noun)
    Drizzle: A slight and weak rain. (noun)
    Drought: When there is no water or rain. (noun)
    Dull: The opposite of sunny, the sun is hidden by clouds. (adjective)
    Fahrenheit: An old scale used to measure temperature. (noun)
    Fall: The cool season where leaves start to fall from trees. (American
    English) (noun)
    Flood: When there is too much water so it covers the land. (noun)
    Fog: Water vapor suspended in the air near the ground. (noun)
    Forecast: To predict what the weather will be in the future. (verb)
    Freezing: When the temperature is cold enough for water to
    become ice. (adjective
    Frost: The ice crystals that form on plants and surfaces when it is
    cold. (noun)
    Gale: Very big storm with strong wind. (noun)
    Gusts: A short and sudden increase in wind speed. (noun)
    Hail: Frozen balls of water that fall instead of rain. (noun)
    Heat-wave: A period of time with very high temperatures. (noun)
    Heavy rain: A lot of rain all at the same time. (noun)
    Hot: A high temperature. (adjective)

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    Weather Vocabulary
    Humid: When there is a lot of water suspended in the air. (adjective)
    Hurricane: A storm with very strong winds and heavy rain. (noun)
    Ice: Frozen water. (noun)
    Lightning: An electrical discharge from the clouds to the ground. (noun)
    Melt: When ice, snow or hail turns to water. (verb)
    Meteorologist: A person who studies the weather. (noun)
    Mild: To be slightly hot when a cold temperature would be expected. (adjective)
    Monsoon: The season with heavy rain most days, occurs in parts of Asia. (noun)
    Overcast: When the sky is filled with clouds. (adjective)
    Precipitation: When water falls from the sky as rain, snow or hail. (noun)
    Puddle: A small patch of water on the ground after rain. (noun)
    Rain: Water falling from the sky. (noun)
    Rainbow: An arc of different colors in the sky when it is raining. (noun)
    Season: The different parts of the year with different types of weather. (noun)
    Shine: To give off a bright light. (verb)
    Shower: Short and quick precipitation event. (noun)
    Sky: What can be seen when looking up from the ground. (noun)
    Sleet: Precipitation that is halfway between rain and snow. (noun)
    Slush: Snow on the ground that is mixed with water, or turning into water. (noun)
    Smog: Visible pollution from cars and vehicles in big cities. (noun)
    Snow: Precipitation falling as ice crystals. (noun)
    Snowstorm: Snow falling while a strong wind blows. (noun)
    Soaked: To be very wet, to get very wet. (adjective)
    Spring: The season where temperature is warm and plants start to grow. (noun)
    Storm: When there are strong winds and heavy rain at the same time. (noun)
    Summer: The hot season when not much rain falls. (noun)
    Sun: The star that the Earth gets its light and heat from. (noun)
    Sunlight: The light from the Sun that warms the Earth. (noun)
    Temperature: The level of hotness or coldness experienced by
    something. (noun)
    Thermometer: A device for measuring the temperature. (noun)
    Thunder: The loud noise that occurs with lightning. (noun)
    Thunderstorm: A storm with thunder and lightning at the same
    time. (noun)
    Tornado: A very strong wind over land that forms a funnel. (noun)
    Umbrella: A device for keeping rain off people. (noun)
    Warm: A temperature that is slightly hot. (adjective)
    Weather: The conditions within the air. (noun)
    Weather forecast: A prediction about what the weather will be like in the future. (noun)
    Wind: A movement of the air. (noun)
    Winter: The cold season when it might snow and where many plants stop growing. (noun)

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    Weather Vocabulary
    ESL Weather Vocabulary Exercises

    Exercise 1 - ESL Weather Vocabulary Definitions

    Chose the correct definition for the weather vocabulary in this quiz.

    1) What is the definition of Chilly?


    A) The cool season where leaves start to fall from trees. (British English)
    B) A slight and weak rain.
    C) When the temperature is quite cold.
    D) A new temperature measurement scale in which water freezes at 0 and boils at 100.

    2) What is the definition of Freezing?


    A) A period of time with very high temperatures.
    B) The opposite of sunny, the sun is hidden by clouds.
    C) When the temperature is cold enough for water to become ice.
    D) A high temperature.

    3) What is the definition of Precipitation?


    A) Water falling from the sky as rain, snow or hail.
    B) A period of time with very high temperatures.
    C) An electrical discharge from the clouds to the ground.
    D) A small patch of water on the ground after rain.

    4) What is the definition of Sleet?


    A) Precipitation that is halfway between rain and snow.
    B) Water falling from the sky.
    C) When there are strong winds and heavy rain at the same time.
    D) To be very wet, to get very wet.

    5) What is the definition of Thunderstorm?


    A) The conditions within the air.
    B) A movement of the air.
    C) The star that the Earth gets its light and heat from.
    D) A storm with thunder and lightning at the same time.

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    Weather Vocabulary
    Exercise 2 - ESL Weather Vocabulary Identification of Meaning

    Chose the word that matches the definition given in each of the five questions in this quiz.

    1) What is the meaning of the following definition: A loud noise that occurs with lightning?
    A) Thunder
    B) Weather forecast
    C) Rain
    D) Shower

    2) What is the meaning of the following definition: When ice, snow or hail turns to water?
    A) Humid
    B) Melt
    C) Puddle
    D) Overcast

    3) What is the meaning of the following definition: Frozen balls of water that fall instead of rain?
    A) Fog
    B) Frost
    C) Hail
    D) Overcast

    4) What is the meaning of the following


    definition: When there is too much water so
    it covers the land?
    A) Cool
    B) Dull
    C) Freezing
    D) Flood

    5) What is the meaning of the following definition: A gentle and slow movement of air?
    A) Drizzle
    B) Degrees
    C) Breeze
    D) Autumn

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    Weather Vocabulary
    Exercise 3 - ESL Weather Vocabulary Picture Descriptions

    Identify the best description for each of the images (A-E) given below that correspond to the five
    questions in this quiz.

    1) Which description best describes picture A 2) Which description best describes picture B
    given above? given above?
    A) Air A) Cloud
    B) Blizzard B) Clear
    C) Climate C) Melt
    D) Downpour D) Monsoon

    3) Which description best describes picture C 4) Which description best describes picture D
    given above? given above?
    A) Hail A) Tornado
    B) Overcast B) Temperature
    C) Summer C) Hot
    D) Dew D) Shower

    5) Which description best describes picture E


    given above?
    A) Thunder
    B) Rainbow
    C) Sleet
    D) Lightning

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    Weather Vocabulary
    Answers

    Exercise 1 – 1) C, 2) C, 3) A, 4) A, 5) D

    Exercise 2 – 1) A, 2) B, 3) C, 4) D, 5) C

    Exercise 3 – 1) B, 2) A, 3) D, 4) C, 5) D

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