Unit 5: Weather

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• Weather--what the air is like at different times
  and places

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• Rains water falls to the earth from the clouds

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• Drizzle a light rain (a little bit of rain)

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• Warm when the air is heated not cold or not hot

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• Thunderstorm a storm with thunder and
  lightening

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• Dangerous likely to cause something bad or
  harmful to happen

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• Blizzard a long snowstorm with strong cold wind
  filled with snow

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• Snow soft, white flakes that fall from clouds
  when it is cold

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• Sleet-- icy mixture of rain and snow

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• Hurricane storms with strong winds and heavy
  rain that form over the ocean

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• Tornado a storm with strong winds that whirl
  and travel in a funnel-shaped dark cloud

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• Ground the ground is made up of dirt and is the
  solid surface of the Earth

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• Ocean a large body of salt water that covers
  most of the Earths surface

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• Flood happens when a lot of water flows over
  normally dry land (this can happen when it rains
  a lot)

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• Whirl to turn quickly in a circle

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• Government a group of people who take care of
  the country

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• Shelter something that covers or protects

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• Warn to tell ahead of time

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• Sprinkle a little rain

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• Pitter-patter describes a sound of soft rain
  (such as a beating heart)

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• Hurly-burly strong, louder rain

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• Cloudy having many clouds

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• Sunset happens every day when the sun
  disappears from view in the west

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• Clear free from clouds

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• Temperaturehow hot or cold something is

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• Meteorologist a scientist who studies the
  weather

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• Conditions what the weather is like (hot, cold,
  sunny, dry, cloudy, rain, sleet, hail, windy,
  humid, etc.)

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• Forecast-- a weather prediction (What will the
  weather be like?)

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• Prepare to get ready

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• Correct having no mistakes

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• Cirrus a kind of thin, white cloud found high
  in the sky

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• Cumulus a big, black cloud that holds a lot of
  water

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• Chilly cool or a little cold

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• Thermometer an instrument used to measure the
  temperature

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• Degrees units used to measure temperature

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• Wind sock a sleeve, open on both sides, used to
  measure wind direction

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• Desert a hot, dry, sandy region or area

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• Mountains masses of land that are high above
  the land that surround them

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• Rodents animals with large front teeth that use
  their teeth for gnawing (such as squirrels, rats,
  mice, and beavers)

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• Frozen made into ice, or covered with ice

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• Freeze to become cold and hard

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• Blanket a thick covering or layer

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• Hurricane big storms with fast winds and heavy
  rain

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• Violent-- a strong force that causes harm

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• Swirling going around and around in a circle

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• Warning a notice that danger is coming

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• Hour 60 minutes (there are 24 hours in one day)

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• Eye a part of your body that you use to see.
  It can also mean the center of something (such as
  the eye of a hurricane)