Vocabulary: Cycles Influencing Weather and Climate Quiz

What is the atmosphere?

• The pressure caused by the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area.

• Elevation above sea level.

• The relatively thin layer of gasses that forms Earth's outermost layer.

• The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure.

What is air pressure?

• The relatively thin layer of gasses that forms Earth's outermost layer.

• Elevation above sea level.

• The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure.

• The pressure caused by the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area.

What is altitude?

• The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure.

• The pressure caused by the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area.

• Elevation above sea level.

• The relatively thin layer of gasses that forms Earth's outermost layer.

What is wind?

• The pressure caused by the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area.

• Elevation above sea level.

• The relatively thin layer of gasses that forms Earth's outermost layer.

• The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure.

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What is humidity?

• The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure.

• The pressure caused by the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area.

• The relatively thin layer of gasses that forms Earth's outermost layer.

• The amount of water vapor in a given volume of air.

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What is dew point?

• The pressure caused by the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area.

• The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure.

• The relatively thin layer of gasses that forms Earth's outermost layer.

• The temperature at which condensation begins.

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What is Air mass?

• The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure.

• The relatively thin layer of gasses that forms Earth's outermost layer.

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

• The pressure caused by the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area.

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What is a jet stream?

• The boundary where unlike air masses meet but do not mix.

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

• The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure.

• Band of high-speed winds about 10 kilometers above Earth's surface.

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What is a front?

• Band of high-speed winds about 10 kilometers above Earth's surface.

• The boundary where unlike air masses meet but do not mix.

• The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure.

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

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What is a storm surge?

• The flow of cooler air from over an ocean or lake toward land.

• A 'dome' of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands.

• A tropical storm that has winds of about 119 kilometers per hour or higher.

• A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down to touch Earth's surface.

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