Weather and Climate

Question 1

air mass

Answer 1

A large body of air that has about the same conditions throughout and takes on the conditions of the area where they form.

Question 2

air pressure

Answer 2

The weight of the atmosphere per unit of area on the Earth’s surface.

Question 3

altitude

Answer 3

The height of an object above a reference level, usually above sea level or the Earth’s surface.

Question 4

atmosphere

Answer 4

The mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth or some other celestial body.

Question 5

front

Answer 5

The boundary between two air masses that have different temperatures.

Question 6

humidity

Answer 6

The amount of water vapor in the air.

Question 7

weather

Answer 7

The conditions in the atmosphere near the Earth’s surface at a given time and place.

Question 8

Doppler radar

Answer 8

Commonly used in reporting the weather, it produces velocity data about objects at a distance, thus can track the movement of a storm.

Question 9

climate

Answer 9

The general or average weather conditions of a certain region gathered over a long period of time.

Question 10

Coriolis effect

Answer 10

A deflection of moving objects to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern and is important in the formation of cyclonic weather systems.