Weather and Climate Vocabulary

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

• Occluded front

• Stationary front

• Warm front

• Cold fron

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

• Westerlies

• Easterlies

• Jet Stream

• Trade Winds

This instrument measures...

• Wind Speed

• Wind Direction

• Wind Temperature

• occluded front

• cold front

• warm front

• stationary front

What are the layers of gas that surround a planet?

• Air pressure

• Altitude

• Atmospheric gases

measuring instrument for measuring the relative humidity of the atmosphere

• Hygrometer

• Thermometer

• Barometer

• Anemometer

The force that air puts on an area

• Air pressure

• Atmospheric gases

• Altitude

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

• The California Current

• The Gulf Current

• The Gulf Stream

• The California Stream

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

• Coriolis Effect

• Drought

• Humidity

• RADAR

the measure of how much water vapor is in the air

• Temperature

• Air pressure

• Humidity