Vocab

Question 1

Air Pressure

Answer 1

the force exerted on a surface by the air above it as gravity pulls it to Earth

Question 2

Tropical

Answer 2

Very hot and humid

Question 3

Celsius

Answer 3

Different type of weather scale

Question 4

Cumulus Cloud

Answer 4

that have flat bases and are often described as puffy, cotton-like, or fluffy in appearance

Question 5

Cirrus

Answer 5

wispy clouds made of long strands of ice crystals that are described as feathery, hair-like, or layered in appearance

Question 6

Thermometer

Answer 6

a device that measures temperature or a temperature gradient

Question 7

Tropical depression

Answer 7

forms when a low pressure area is accompanied by thunderstorms that produce a circular wind flow with maximum sustained winds below 39 mph.

Question 8

Ocean current

Answer 8

the continuous, predictable, directional movement of seawater driven by gravity, wind (Coriolis Effect), and water density

Question 9

Dew Point

Answer 9

the temperature the air needs to be cooled to (at constant pressure) in order to achieve a relative humidity (RH) of 100%.

Question 10

Hurricane

Answer 10

a tropical storm with winds that have reached a constant speed of 74 miles per hour or more

Question 11

Desert

Answer 11

a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life

Question 12

Typhoon

Answer 12

a tropical cyclone with the maximum wind of 34 knots or higher

Question 13

Humidity

Answer 13

concentration of water vapor present in the air. Water vapor, the gaseous state of water, is generally invisible to the human eye

Question 14

Forecast

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a prophecy, estimate, or prediction of a future happening or condition.

Question 15

Atmosphere

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a layer of gas or layers of gases that envelop a planet, and is held in place by the gravity of the planetary body.

Question 16

Hail

Answer 16

a form of solid precipitation. It is distinct from ice pellets

Question 17

Thunderstorm

Answer 17

a rain shower during which you hear thunder. Since thunder comes from lightning, all thunderstorms have lightning

Question 18

Cloud

Answer 18

a mass of water drops or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere

Question 19

Precipitation

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Drought

Answer 20

a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.

Question 21

Front

Answer 21

A boundary between two air masses

Question 22

Meteorology

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

Question 23

Freezing point

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

Question 24

Tornado

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

Question 25

Cumulonimbus cloud

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is a dense, towering vertical cloud,[1] typically forming from water vapor condensing in the lower troposphere that builds upward carried by powerful buoyant air currents. Above the lower portions of the cumulonimbus the water vapor becomes ice crystals

Question 26

Thunder

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the sound caused by lightning

Question 27

Weather

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

Question 28

Waterspout

Answer 28

a whirling column of air and water mist

Question 29

Barometric pressure

Answer 29

the pressure of the atmosphere

Question 30

Funnel cloud

Answer 30

a funnel-shaped cloud that projects from the base of a thundercloud and that often precedes the formation of a tornado.

Question 31

Climate

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climate describes what the weather is like over a long period of time in a specific area