Weather Vocabulary

The average weather of a region over a long period of time.

• polar region
• mesosphere
• altitiude
• climate

The convection region that forms just north and south of the equator

• weather
• temperate region
• polar region
• tropical region

The shape of the land

• ocean 
• topography
• geology 
• transformation

The coldest layer of the atmosphere; middle layer

• mesosphere
• troposphere
• thermosphere
• exosphere

Winds that blow from west to east pushing storms across the USA

• trade winds
• easterlies
• westerlies
• south winds

The height above sea level; elevation

• condensation
• sea level
• atitude
• altitude

The most common gas in the atmosphere; 78% of the gases

• oxygen
• cardon dioxide
• nitrogen
• helium

Winds that blow from east to west steering tropical storm systems across oceans

• trade winds
• easterlies
• westerlies
• polarlies

The hottest air temperatures occur in this atmospheric layer

• troposphere
• mesosphere
• thermosphere
• stratosphere

Winds that blow from the east to the west in the Polar region

• westerlies
• trade winds
• easterlies
• global winds