vocab list 5

Question 1

amount of moisture/water vapor in air

Answer 1

humidity

Question 2

cotton candy clouds at fairly low altitude

Answer 2

cumulus

Question 3

feathery, wispy clouds

Answer 3

cirrus

Question 4

explosion shaped cloud. most dangerous clouds, brings thunderstorms and stuff. lowish

Answer 4

cumulonimbus

Question 5

dark, gray clouds that cover the whole sky. low-level. associated with continuous moderate rain/snow

Answer 5

nimbostratus

Question 6

dominate the sky. low. little to no rain fall but if thick enough = very light rain

Answer 6

stratus

Question 7

boundary separating air masses of different characteristics such as air density, wind, and humidity

Answer 7

front

Question 8

refers to the counter-clockwise flow of air that helps keep the colder air close to the poles

Answer 8

vortex

Question 9

a scale of tornado severity with numbers from 0 to 6, based on the degree of observed damage.

Answer 9

fujita scale

Question 10

1 to 5 rating based on a hurricane’s sustained wind speed

Answer 10

saffir-simpson scale

Question 11

bands of strong wind that generally blow from west to east all across the globe

Answer 11

jet stream

Question 12

supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras

Answer 12

pangaea

Question 13

created first continental drift hypothesis. proved that pangaea was real

Answer 13

alfred wegner

Question 14

amount of salt in water

Answer 14

salinity

Question 15

device used to measure the humidity of air.

Answer 15

psychrometer

Question 16

a rising of seawater, magma, or other liquid

Answer 16

upwelling

Question 17

movement of water/air that follows a regular pattern

Answer 17

current

Question 18

wind does not push warm water aside for cold, nutrient water filled water to rise

Answer 18

el nino

Question 19

wind pushes warm water aside, causing cold, nutrient filled water to rise

Answer 19

la nina

Question 20

current of water below the surface moving in a different direction from any surface current

Answer 20

undertow

Question 21

long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.

Answer 21

tsunami

Question 22

refers to a period of moderate tides when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other

Answer 22

neap tide

Question 23

a tide just after a new or full moon, when there is the greatest difference between high and low water.

Answer 23

spring tide

Question 24

height difference between high tide and low tide.

Answer 24

tidal range

Question 25

refers to the belt around the Earth near the equator where sailing ships sometimes get stuck on windless waters

Answer 25

doldrums