5th Grade: Spelling List #13
Test on December 15th, 2015
Spelling Words:
1. conjunction
2. preposition
3. interjection
4. apostrophe
5. contractions
6. ozone
7. maritime
8. weather
9. atmosphere
10. convection
11. masses
12. continental
13. precipitation
14. meteorologist
15. forecast
16. humidity
17. breeze
18. monsoon
19. affect
20. effect
21. global winds
22. greenhouse
23. pressure
24. air pressure
25. temperature
Vocabulary Words:
1. doldrums: A relatively calm area near the equator where warm air rises.
2. trade winds: The winds that blow easterly from both 30 degree latitudes
toward the equator.
3. westerlies: The winds found between the 30 degree and 60 degree latitudes
that blow toward the poles from west to east.
4. polar easterlies: The cold winds from the poles to the 60 degree latitudes
that blow from east to west.
5. isobar: A line used on a map or chart connecting points of equal air
pressure.
6. sea breeze: A local wind that blows from an ocean or sea toward the land.
7. land breeze: A local wind that blows from the land toward a body of water.
8. front: The boundary at which two different air masses meet.
9. longitude: distance measured in degrees east or west of an imaginary line
that runs from the north pole to the south pole.
10. latitude: The angular distance of any object from the equator measured in
degrees.