Unit 6

Question 1

The study of Earth’s atmosphere.

Answer 1

Meteorology

Question 2

Conditions in the atmosphere, including humidity, cloud cover, temperature, wind, and precipitation.

Answer 2

Weather

Question 3

The general pattern of weather in a particular part of the world over a long period of time.

Answer 3

Climate

Question 4

Layers of air surrounding Earth.

Answer 4

Atmosphere

Question 5

Form of oxygen that has three atoms in one molecule.

Answer 5

Ozone

Question 6

Display of light in sky, usually at high latitudes; formed where particles from the sun enter Earth’s atmosphere and magnetic field.

Answer 6

Auroras

Question 7

Effect that Earth’s rotation has on the path of air and water moving at or above its surface, causing the fluid’s path to curve.

Answer 7

Coriolis Effect

Question 8

Narrow stream of high speed wind high in the atmosphere, generally moving west to east in the Northern Hemisphere.

Answer 8

Jet Stream

Question 9

A large body of air that has about the same temperature and humidity throughout it.

Answer 9

Air Mass

Question 10

An instrument used to measure changes in air pressure.

Answer 10

Barometer

Question 11

Instrument used to measure wind speed.

Answer 11

Anemometer

Question 12

Sinking air moves away from the system’s center when it reaches Earth’s surface.

Answer 12

High Pressure System

Question 13

Air rises when air from outside the system replaces the rising air, this air spirals inward toward the center and then upward.

Answer 13

Low Pressure System

Question 14

Place where two air masses of different temperatures and pressures meet.

Answer 14

Front (Weather)

Question 15

Cycle in which water moves through the environment, through the process of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.

Answer 15

Water Cycle

Question 16

Water falling from clouds in any form, such as snow, ice , raindrops, or drizzle.

Answer 16

Precipitation

Question 17

The use of reflected radio waves to determine the distance of an object and the direction it’s moving.

Answer 17

Radar

Question 18

Change of matter from a liquid state to a gaseous state.

Answer 18

Evaporation

Question 19

Small particle in the atmosphere around which cloud droplets can form.

Answer 19

Condensation Nucleus

Question 20

Loss of water through a plant’s leaves.

Answer 20

Transpiration

Question 21

Movement of the air caused by differences in air pressure.

Answer 21

Wind

Question 22

A sudden spark, or energy discharge, caused when electrical charges jump between parts of a cloud between a cloud and the group.

Answer 22

Lightning

Question 23

Amount of water vapor in the air.

Answer 23

Humidity

Question 24

Amount of water vapor in the air compares to the amount in saturated air at the same temperature, reported as a percent.

Answer 24

Relative Humidity

Question 25

Air temperature at which dew will form under certain conditions.

Answer 25

Dew Point

Question 26

Water vapor from the atmosphere that has condensed into liquid water droplets on a surface.

Answer 26

Dew

Question 27

Unusually warm ocean current that occurs in the eastern Pacific near the equator, and shifts ocean current patterns.

Answer 27

El Nino (Weather Event)

Question 28

Ocean water temperatures in this same part of the Pacific are cooler than normal.

Answer 28

La Nina (Weather Event)

Question 29

An area on low pressure.

Answer 29

Vacuum

Question 30

An instrument used to measure precipitation.

Answer 30

Rain Gauge