| A | B |
|---|
| rain | water falling to Earth in liquid form |
| Relief rain | rain caused by air being forced to rise over hills and mountains |
| Convectional Rain | rain that is produced when warm air rises from the ground |
| Frontal rain | when warm air has to rise over cold air in a depression |
| Rain shadow | the side of a hill or mountain that doesn't receive much rainfall |
| Front | where a body of warm and cold air meet |
| Air pressure | air which is rising or falling due to the weight of air in the Earth's surface |
| Air mass | a large amount of air of the same tempreture and pressure moving in the same direction |
| Warm front | a warm air with high pressure |
| Cold front | a cold air mass with low pressure |
| Occluded front | a mixture of and cold air masses with a weather station |
| Thunder | movement of energy particles in a cloud system creating a large soung |
| Lighting | transfer of energy from cloud system to the ground seen a light bolt |
| Snow | water falling to the ground in solid flake form |
| Hail | water falling to the ground in solid sphere form |
| Sleet | water falling to the ground in a semi solid, semi liquid form |
| Hurricane | a large air mass and thunderstorm system with winds up to 180MPH which develops over oceans and causes damage on land |
| Tornado | a spinnig air mass caused by convectional rainfall clouds which drops to the ground and causes damage to the environment |
| Microclimate | the climate of a very small area |
| Wildfires | large scale fires which start due to extreme high temperatures and dry ground conditions |
