Weather And Climate Vocabulary

Question 1

the force exerted by air, whether compressed or unconfined, on any surface in contact with it.

Answer 1

Air pressure

Question 2

the gaseous envelope surrounding a heavenly body.

Answer 2

atmosphere

Question 3

a tool used to measure air pressure.

Answer 3

barometer

Question 4

The pressure of the atmosphere against a surface

Answer 4

Barometric pressure

Question 5

is a scale on which temperature is measured. On the scale, water is frozen at 0 degree and boils at 100 degrees.

Answer 5

Celsius

Question 6

The average weather conditions in an area

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Climate

Question 7

A collection of water droplets or ice crystals in the atmosphere.

Answer 7

Clouds

Question 8

anvil-shaped cloud that is often involved in heavy or violent storms: are also called thunderheads

Answer 8

Cumulonimbus clouds

Question 9

large, fluffy, white clouds, often seen in fair skies; can develop into cumulonimbus clouds.

Answer 9

Cumulus cloud.

Question 10

the temperature at which water vapor in the air condenses into water

Answer 10

Dew point

Question 11

A prolonged shortage of rain fall

Answer 11

drought

Question 12

The temperature in which a liquid turns into a solid.

Answer 12

freezing point

Question 13

A storm with strong winds and rain that form over tropical water.

Answer 13

Hurricane

Question 14

The boundary between two masses of air with different properties.

Answer 14

Front

Question 15

A rotating funnel-shaped cloud that does not touch the ground.

Answer 15

Funnel cloud

Question 16

The slow warming of the earth due to climatic change.

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Global warming

Question 17

Small icy balls that form from the sky.

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Hail

Question 18

The measure of how much water vapor is in the air.

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Humidity

Question 19

The study of weather patterns.

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Meteorology

Question 20

Water that is released from clouds into the sky

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Precipitation

Question 21

a loud noise that happens when lightning heats the air and causes it to expand and contract quickly

Answer 21

Thunder

Question 22

a weather system that produces heavy precipitation, winds, lightning, and thunder

Answer 22

Thunderstorm

Question 23

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.

Answer 23

Tornado

Question 24

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.

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Tropical depression

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Typhoon

Question 26

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.

Answer 26

Weather