| A | B |
| hurricane | very violent thunderstorm |
| meteorologist | a person who studies weather |
| thermometer | instrument for measuring temperature |
| precipitation | water that falls from the sky - rain, snow, sleet, hail |
| lightning | electricity flashing through the sky |
| snow | tiny ice crystals |
| evaporate | water does this from oceans, lakes, and rivers |
| cumulus | this type of cloud looks like big heaps of puffy white cotton |
| funnel | a tornado is shaped like this |
| basement | a safe place to go in a tornado |