Vocabulary

Question 1

Weather

Answer 1

The condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place.

Question 2

Water cycle

Answer 2

The continuous movement of water around the earth

Question 3

Humidity

Answer 3

The amount of water vapor or moisture in the air

Question 4

Relative humidity

Answer 4

The amount of moisture the air contains compared with the maximum amount it can hold at a particular temperature

Question 5

Condensation

Answer 5

The change of state from a gas to a liquid

Question 6

Dew point

Answer 6

The temperature to which air must cool to be completely saturated

Question 7

Cloud

Answer 7

A collection of millions of tiny water droplets or ice crystals

Question 8

Precipitation

Answer 8

Solid or liquid water that falls from air to the earth

Question 9

Air mass

Answer 9

A large body of air that has similar temperature and moisture throughout

Question 10

Front

Answer 10

The boundary that forms between two different air masses

Question 11

Thunderstorm

Answer 11

Small, intense weather systems that produce strong winds, heavy rain,lightning, and thunder

Question 12

Lightning

Answer 12

The large electrical discharge that occurs between two oppositely charged surfaces

Question 13

Thunder

Answer 13

The sound that results from the rapid expansion of air along a lightning strike

Question 14

Tornado

Answer 14

A small rotating column of air that had high wind speeds and low central pressure and that touches the ground

Question 15

Hurricane

Answer 15

A large, rotating tropical weather system with wind speeds of at least 119 km/h

Question 16

Thermometer

Answer 16

A tool used to measure air the temperature

Question 17

Barometer

Answer 17

An instrument used to measure air pressure

Question 18

Windsock

Answer 18

A come shaped cloth bag open at both ends that measures direction

Question 19

Wind vane

Answer 19

Shaped like an arrow with a large tail attached to a pole

Question 20

Anemometer

Answer 20

Three or four cups connected by spoke to a Pole to measure wind

Question 21

isobars

Answer 21

Line that connect points to equal air pressure rather than equal elevation

Question 22

Weather

Answer 22

The condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place

Question 23

Climate

Answer 23

The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

Question 24

Latitude

Answer 24

The distance north or south from the equator measured in degrees

Question 25

Prevailing winds

Answer 25

Winds that blow mainly from one direction

Question 26

Elevation

Answer 26

The height of an object above sea level the height of surface landforms above sea level

Question 27

Surface currents

Answer 27

A streamlike movement of water that occurs at or near the surface of the ocean

Question 28

Ice age

Answer 28

A period in time where ice collected in high latitudes and move to lower latitudes

Question 29

Global warming

Answer 29

The rise in average global tempuratures

Question 30

Greenhouse effect

Answer 30

The earths natural heating process in which gases in the air trap thermal energy

Question 31

Biome

Answer 31

Large region characterized by a specific type of climate and the plants and animals that live there

Question 32

Tropical zone

Answer 32

The warm zone located around the equator

Question 33

Temperature zone

Answer 33

The climate zone between the Tropics and the polar zone

Question 34

Deciduous

Answer 34

Describes trees that lose their leaves when the weather becomes cold.

Question 35

Evergreens

Answer 35

Trees that keep their leaves year round

Question 36

Polar zone

Answer 36

The northernmost and southernmost climate zones

Question 37

Microclimate

Answer 37

A small region with unique climatic characteristics