Weather And Climate

Question 1

Air pressure

Answer 1

Is the force exerted into a surface by the weight of the air.

Question 2

Atmosphere

Answer 2

The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet

Question 3

Barometer

Answer 3

an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in forecasting the weather and determining altitude.

Question 4

Barometric pressure

Answer 4

the pressure exerted by the weight of the atmosphere, which at sea level has a mean value of 101,325 pascals (roughly 14.6959 pounds per square inch).

Question 5

Celsius

Answer 5

of or denoting a scale of temperature in which water freezes at 0° and boils at 100° under standard conditions.

Question 6

Climate

Answer 6

the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.

Question 7

Cloud

Answer 7

the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.

Question 8

Cumulonimbus cloud

Answer 8

a dense towering vertical cloud associated with thunderstorms and atmospheric instability.

Question 9

Cumulus cloud

Answer 9

Cumulus clouds are puffy clouds that sometimes look like pieces of floating cotton.

Question 10

Dew point

Answer 10

the atmospheric temperature (varying according to pressure and humidity) below which water droplets begin to condense and dew can form.

Question 11

Drought

Answer 11

a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; a shortage of water resulting from this.

Question 12

Freezing point

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Hurricane

Answer 13

a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.

Question 14

Front

Answer 14

You are enjoying a sunny afternoon at the beach. Suddenly, you see thunderclouds forming in the sky. How did this happen? The clouds formed when a mass of cool air runs into a mass of warm air. The area where these air masses meet is called a front. The weather can change very quickly at fronts

Question 15

Funnel cloud

Answer 15

Thunderstorms can make a funnel-shaped column of clouds. This column stretches down from the sky but does not reach the ground. When funnel clouds touch the ground, they are called tornadoes.

Question 16

Global warming

Answer 16

The Earth’s surface absorbs sunlight and heats up. Earth releases this heat in the form of infrared radiation. Gases in the Earth’s atmosphere, known as greenhouse gases, trap this infrared heat energy. The trapped heat makes life possible on Earth. Human activities lead to an increase in the emission of greenhouse gases. As a result, more heat gets trapped resulting in the Earth’s climate gradually getting warmer.

Question 17

Hail

Answer 17

Sometimes, water droplets in clouds freeze. The frozen drops move up into the cloud, carried by strong winds. More ice begins to form on them. When they become too heavy, they fall as hail. Some hailstones can be as large as baseballs.

Question 18

Humidity

Answer 18

On a rainy day, wet clothes take longer to dry. Why does this happen? This is because air has a lot of water vapor in it. It cannot take water from the clothes as easily as on a sunny day. The amount of water vapor in the air is called humidity

Question 19

Meteorology

Answer 19

Air masses form over large areas that have similar weather. A front is the boundary along which two air masses meet or collide. Different types of fronts bring different characteristic weather conditions. Recording and studying weather patterns makes it possible for meteorologists to forecast the weather.

Question 20

Precipitation

Answer 20

Water vapor in air cools to form clouds. In clouds, small water drops come together to form bigger drops. When the drops become heavy, they fall to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail. This is called precipitation.

Question 21

Thunder

Answer 21

Sometimes, when it rains, you see big flashes of light in the sky. Lightning superheats the air. Superheating the air causes a loud noise called thunder.

Question 22

Thunder storm

Answer 22

Sometimes hot and cold air meet in the atmosphere. The hot air rises above the cold air very quickly. Dark clouds form. Lightning flashes across the skies. These are followed by loud booms of thunder and rain. This is a thunderstorm.

Question 23

Tornado

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When a mass of cold air meets a mass of warm air, the cold air pushes the warm air up at great speeds. Sometimes this creates a twisting column of air, called a tornado. Tornadoes travel very fast. They can destroy anything in their path. Tornadoes are also called twisters.

Question 24

Tropical depression

Answer 24

A hurricane usually starts as a low pressure system over warm tropical oceans. As the intensity increases, it develops into a tropical disturbance. As the storm develops sustained winds up to 38 mph, it is classified as a tropical depression. Winds rotate in a counter-clockwise direction in the Northern hemisphere.

Question 25

Typhoon

Answer 25

A typhoon is a severe tropical storm that originates in the Pacific Ocean, west of the International Dateline

Question 26

Weather

Answer 26

Is it raining outside? Or is it bright and sunny? The weather is what gives you an idea of how things are outside. It is a way to describe the outdoors at a given time and place.