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 ANEMOMETER an instrument for measuring the force of wind  | 
  
ATMOSPHERE the mixture of gases surrounding the earth  | 
 
CIRRUS detached clouds of delicate and fibrous appearance;usually without shading generally white in color, often of silky appearance  | 
  
CLOUDS mixture of a minute water droplets and ice crystals  | 
 
CUMULUS dense clouds with verticle development , the upper surface is dome shaped and rounded and the surface and the base is nearly horizontal  | 
| EVAPORATION
 the changing of water into water vapor  | 
 
FOG vapor condensed to fine particles of water suspended in the lower part of the atmosphere  | 
  
FRESH WATER of, relating to, or living in fresh water  | 
|  GAS
 a substance that does not become a liquid or a solid at ordinary temperatures  | 
 
LAKE a body of water larger than a pond and too deep in parts for rooted plants to live  | 
  
LIQUID a substance like water or oil that flows freely but is not a gas  | 
 
MARINE having to do with the oceans  | 
 
NIMBUS a bright cloud as surrounding deities when they appear on earth  | 
 
OCEAN the sea surrounding the continents of earth  | 
 
RAIN condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling in seperate drops  | 
  
SALT a substance runnng along the side of the ocean, the beach  | 
 
SALT WATER relating to, living in, or consisting of salt water  | 
  
SEA a small ocean  | 
  
SNOW crystals of ice that form from atmospheric vapor and fall in light white flakes  | 
  
SOLID keeping in shape, firm, not a liquid or a gas  | 
 
STRATUS a low uniform layer of cloud resembling fog but not resting on ground , the sky may have a hazy appearance and drizzle  | 
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WATER a colorless, odorless, tastless liquid that is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen  | 
  
WEATHER the codition of the atmosphere at a certain place or time  | 
  
WIND VANE a weather instrument that measures the direction of the wind  | 
 
WIND the horizontal movement of air relative to the earth's surfaces  |