Climate Quiz

A person who studies climate (weather conditions of an area averaged over a period of time) is called a:

• climatologist

• meteorologist

• ecologist

• hydrologist

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A circular pattern of rising air, sinking air and wind is known as a:

• land breeze

• humidity

• cold front

• convection cell

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A boundary between two air masses is called a:

• front

• jet stream

• air mass

• overcast

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The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.

• weather

• climate

• wind

• humidity

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The sum (✻) of all data divided by the number of data points

• Mode

• Range

• Mean or average

• Median

Global patterns created from the movement of the oceans; such as the Gulf Stream

• latitude

• gulf stream

• ocean current

• global winds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time; Seasonal pattern of weather conditions in an area over many years; does not change rapidly

• climate

• humidity

• weather

• latitude

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Air is heavy, lower/cooler temperatures, clear skies, little or no precipitation

• low pressure system

• warm front

• high pressure system

• cold front

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Precipitation in the form of ice pellets formed in cumulonimbus clouds during thunderstorms by strong updrafts of wind

• snow

• rain

• hail

• sleet

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Definition: the difference between the highest and lowest scores in a distribution

• Median

• Climate

• Range

• Mode