Science5

Question 1

Air Pressure

Answer 1

is the force exerted onto a surface by the weight of the air

Question 2

Atmosphere

Answer 2

to the degree that it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy

Question 3

Barometer

Answer 3

an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in forecasting the weather and determining altitude.

Question 4

Barometer pressure

Answer 4

is the force exerted by the atmosphere at a given point

Question 5

Front

Answer 5

the foremost line or part of an armed force; the furthest position that an army has reached and where the enemy is or may be engaged

Question 6

Celsius

Answer 6

the scale of temperature in which water freezes at 0° and boils at 100° under standard conditions.

Question 7

Climate

Answer 7

the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period

Question 8

Cloud

Answer 8

a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground

Question 9

cumulonimbus cloud

Answer 9

is a dense towering vertical cloud associated with thunderstorms and atmospheric instability, forming from water vapor carried by powerful upward air currents

Question 10

cumulus cloud

Answer 10

are puffy clouds that sometimes look like pieces of floating cotton.

Question 11

dew point

Answer 11

below which water droplets begin to condense and dew can form.

Question 12

drought

Answer 12

low rainfall; a shortage of water resulting from this

Question 13

freezing point

Answer 13

the temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid when cooled.

Question 14

Hurricane

Answer 14

a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean

Question 15

Funnel cloud

Answer 15

a rotating funnel-shaped cloud forming the core of a tornado or waterspout.

Question 16

Global warming

Answer 16

a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth’s atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants

Question 17

Hail

Answer 17

pellets of frozen rain that fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds

Question 18

Humidity

Answer 18

a quantity representing the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere or a gas

Question 19

Meteorology

Answer 19

the branch of science concerned with the processes and phenomena of the atmosphere, especially as a means of forecasting the weather

Question 20

precipitation

Answer 20

rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.

Question 21

thunder

Answer 21

a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air.

Question 22

thunderstorm

Answer 22

a storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail.

Question 23

tornado

Answer 23

a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.

Question 24

tropical depression

Answer 24

an atmospheric low-pressure system originating in the tropics, specifically, a tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained wind speed is 38 miles per hour

Question 25

typhoon

Answer 25

a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans.

Question 26

weather

Answer 26

the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc