Quiz about Weather and Climate Vocabulary

Question 1

What are the layers of gas that surround a planet?

Accepted Answer

Atmospheric gases

Answer

Air pressure

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Altitude

Question 2

The force that air puts on an area

Accepted Answer

Air pressure

Answer

Atmospheric gases

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Altitude

Question 3

Height above sea level...

Accepted Answer

Altitude

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Atmospheric gases

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Air pressure

Question 4

A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height

Accepted Answer

Air mass

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Air pressure

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Anemometer

Question 5

An instrument used to measure wind speed

Accepted Answer

Anemometer

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Thermometer

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Sling psychrometer

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Barometer

Question 6

tool used to measure air pressure

Accepted Answer

Barometer

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Anemometer

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Sling psychrometer

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Thermometer

Question 7

Technology gives us images such as this; Is this RADAR or SATELLITE?

Accepted Answer

Radar

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Satellite

Question 8

this is a satellite image of what weather phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

Hurricane

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Tornado

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High Pressure System

Question 9

measuring instrument for measuring the relative humidity of the atmosphere

Accepted Answer

Hygrometer

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Thermometer

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Barometer

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Anemometer

Question 10

A line on a weather map that joins places that have the same air pressure

Accepted Answer

Isobar

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Isotherm

Question 11

A line on a weather map that joins places that have the same temperature.

Accepted Answer

Isotherm

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Isobar

Question 12

the measure of how much water vapor is in the air

Accepted Answer

Humidity

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Temperature

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Air pressure

Question 13

Which of the following is a cirrus cloud?

Accepted Answer

Option A is correct

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B.

Question 14

What is the name of this warm water ocean current that flows off of the east coast of the US?

Accepted Answer

The Gulf Stream

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The California Current

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The Gulf Current

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The California Stream

Question 15

This front is symbolized with which symbol?

Accepted Answer

Option B is correct

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A.

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C.

Question 16

This instrument measures...

Accepted Answer

Wind Direction

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Wind Speed

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Wind Temperature

Question 17

Prevailing winds that blow from west to east between 30 and 60 degrees latitude

Accepted Answer

Westerlies

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Polar Easterlies

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Trade winds

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Easterlies

Question 18

Warm, steady winds that blow back toward the equator in usually clear skies

Accepted Answer

Trade Winds

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Easterlies

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Jet Stream

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Westerlies

Question 19

A boundary between air masses that don't move possibly causing rain for several days

Accepted Answer

Stationary front

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Occluded front

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Warm front

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Cold fron

Question 20

A high-speed high-altitude air stream blowing from west to east near the top of the troposphere

Accepted Answer

Jet Stream

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Westerlies

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Easterlies

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Trade Winds

Question 21

A cloud type that is spread over a large area and layered. As these clouds thicken long periods of precipitation can occur.

Accepted Answer

Option D is correct

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A.

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B.

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C.

Question 22

A funnel-shaped cloud or column of air that rotates at high speeds and extends downward from a cloud to the ground

Accepted Answer

Tornado

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Hurricane

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Thunderstorm

Question 23

What is the climate region for Greenville, SC?

Accepted Answer

Temperate

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Polar

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Tropical

Question 24

What is the climate region for Bogota, Columbia; located at 4 degrees north latitude?

Accepted Answer

Tropical

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Polar

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Temperate

Question 25

What is the climate region for Fairbanks, Alaska; 65 degrees north latitude.

Accepted Answer

Polar

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Temperate

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Tropical

Question 26

Warm air rising, cool air sinking?

Accepted Answer

Convection

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Conduction

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Radiation

Question 27

anvil-shaped cloud that is often involved in heavy or violent storms

Accepted Answer

Option A is correct

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B.

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C.

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D.

Question 28

large, fluffy, white clouds, often seen in fair skies

Accepted Answer

Option B is correct

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A.

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C.

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D.

Question 29

Question 29.

Accepted Answer

cold front

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occluded front

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warm front

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stationary front

Question 30

The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.

Accepted Answer

Coriolis Effect

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Drought

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Humidity

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RADAR

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