Weather Vocabulary

Question 1

Air pressure

Answer 1

Force pit on a surface of weight on the air

Question 2

Atmosphere

Answer 2

The envelope of gases surrounding planets

Question 3

Barometer

Answer 3

An instrument used for measuring atmospheric pressure

Question 4

Barometric pressure

Answer 4

Also atmospheric pressure

Question 5

Celsius

Answer 5

The scale temperature were water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees

Question 6

Climate

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Cumulus

Answer 7

A cloud forming rounded masses heaped on each other above a flat base

Question 8

Cumulonimbus

Answer 8

a cloud forming a towering mass with a flat base at fairly low altitude and often a flat top, as in thunderstorms.

Question 9

Dew point

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Drought

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Freezing point

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Front

Answer 12

boundary separating two masses of air of different densities

Question 13

Funnel Cloud

Answer 13

rotating funnel-shaped cloud forming the core of a tornado or waterspout.

Question 14

Global Warming

Answer 14

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 15

Hail

Answer 15

pellets of frozen rain that fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds

Question 16

Humidity

Answer 16

Where the air is stuffy or not, basically if the air is hot or not

Question 17

Hurricane

Answer 17

A spiral shaped storm that form over warm water, and have strong winds

Question 18

Meteorology

Answer 18

The study of weather

Question 19

precipitation

Answer 19

Rain, hail, snow and sleet

Question 20

Thunder

Answer 20

a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air

Question 21

Thunderstorm

Answer 21

Where thunder, lightning and heavy rains occur

Question 22

Tornado

Answer 22

A funnel shaped storm where Stuff gets thrown out away from it

Question 23

Tropical depression

Answer 23

an atmospheric low-pressure system originating in the tropics

Question 24

Typhoon

Answer 24

a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans

Question 25

Weather

Answer 25

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