Weather Vocabulary

Question 1

This is the force exerted onto a surface by the weight of air.

Answer 1

Air pressure is the force exerted onto a surface by the weight of air.

Question 2

This is the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.

Answer 2

Atmosphere: the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.

Question 3

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

Answer 3

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

Question 4

This is the force exerted by the atmosphere at a given point. It is known as the “weight of the air”.

Answer 4

Barometric pressure (also known as atmospheric pressure) is the force exerted by the atmosphere at a given point. It is known as the “weight of the air”. A barometer measures barometric pressure. Measurement of barometric pressure can be expressed in millibars(mb) or in inches or millimeters of mercury (Hg).

Question 5

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

Answer 5

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

Question 6

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

Answer 6

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

Question 7

A clump of evaporated water.

Answer 7

A cloud is a clump of evaporated water.

Question 8

Tall and large cloud.

Answer 8

Cumulonimbus cloud.

Question 9

Fluffy and flat cloud.

Answer 9

Cumulus cloud.

Question 10

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

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Global lack of water.

Answer 11

Drought.

Question 12

32* F

Answer 12

Freezing point.

Question 13

Large typhoon.

Answer 13

Hurricane.

Question 14

This is a boundary separating two masses of air of different densities, and is the principal cause of meteorological phenomena outside the tropics. In surface weather analyses, fronts are depicted using various colored triangles and half-circles.

Answer 14

A weather (state of atmosphere) front is a boundary separating two masses of air of different densities, and is the principal cause of meteorological phenomena outside the tropics. In surface weather analyses, fronts are depicted using various colored triangles and half-circles,

Question 15

This is a cloud that spins around in a funnel shape.

Answer 15

Funnel cloud / Tornado

Question 16

A gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth’s atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.

Answer 16

Global warming is a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth’s atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.

Question 17

Frozen rain.

Answer 17

Hail.

Question 18

The amount of evaporated water in the air.

Answer 18

Humidity.

Question 19

Study or the atmosphere.

Answer 19

Meteorology.

Question 20

Condensation of atmospheric water.

Answer 20

Precipitation.

Question 21

The noise of lightning.

Answer 21

Thunder.

Question 22

A rain storm with thunder and lightning.

Answer 22

Thunderstorm.

Question 23

An atmospheric low-pressure system originating in the tropics, specifically, a tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained wind speed is 38 miles per hour (62 kilometers per hour) or less.

Answer 23

Tropical depression.

Question 24

A tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans.

Answer 24

Typhoon.

Question 25

The state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.

Answer 25

Weather