Weather Vocabulary Review

Question 1

The sun heats the water on Earth which causes the liquid water to turn in to __________________

Accepted Answer

water vapor

Question 2

A breeze that blows during the day from the SEA to the LAND

Accepted Answer

sea breeze

Question 3

A device used to measure temperature

Accepted Answer

thermometer

Question 4

True or False: The sun is the "fuel" that runs the water cycle

Accepted Answer

true

Question 5

A large body of air that has the same temperature and moisture level throughout

Accepted Answer

air mass

Question 6

Liquid water that falls from the sky

Accepted Answer

rain

Question 7

A front that develops when two masses of cold air meet

Accepted Answer

occluded front

Question 8

Rain that falls as a liquid but freezes into glaze upon contact with the ground

Accepted Answer

freezing rain

Question 9

Winds that move across small areas

Accepted Answer

local winds

Question 10

An instrument that measures wind speed.

Accepted Answer

anemometer

Question 11

True or False: To turn from a gas into a liquid is evaporation

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

The continual movement of water between land, ocean, and the air

Accepted Answer

water cycle

Question 13

A breeze that blows at night from the LAND to the SEA

Accepted Answer

land breeze

Question 14

a tool used to measure air pressure

Accepted Answer

barometer

Question 15

an instrument that measures the water vapor of the air or the humidity

Accepted Answer

hygrometer

Question 16

Heavy, cold air that flows DOWN the side of a mountain at night

Accepted Answer

mountain breeze

Question 17

True/False: Run-off is the draining away of water from the lands surface into bodies of water

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

Warm air from the valley that blows UP the side of the mountain during the day

Accepted Answer

valley breeze

Question 19

water that is released from cloudsin the sky includes rain, snow, sleet, hail and freezing rain

Accepted Answer

precipitation

Question 20

an instrument that determines the direction from which the wind is blowing

Accepted Answer

wind vane

Question 21

The properties of the atmosphere at any given time and location

Accepted Answer

weather

Question 22

Water stored below Earth’s surface soil and rock layers

Accepted Answer

ground water

Question 23

The layers of gas that surround a planet

Accepted Answer

atmosphere

Question 24

mass of COLD AIR (brings cool, dry weather)

Accepted Answer

high pressure system

Question 25

A prediction about what the weather will be like in the future based on weather data

Accepted Answer

forecast

Question 26

Winds that move across our entire planet

Accepted Answer

global winds

Question 27

When a WARM AIR MASS pushes into a cold air mass.

Accepted Answer

warm front

Question 28

Mass of WARM AIR (brings warm, wet weather)

Accepted Answer

low pressure system

Question 29

When a COLD AIR MASS pushesinto a warm air mass

Accepted Answer

cold front

Question 30

A funnel-shaped cloud that rotates at high speeds, extends downward from a cloud to ground

Accepted Answer

tornado

Question 31

an instrument that measures the amount of rain that has fallen over a specific time period

Accepted Answer

rain gauge

Question 32

Frozen rain or precipitation in the form of ice pellets

Accepted Answer

sleet

Question 33

The average weather conditions in an area

Accepted Answer

climate

Question 34

precipitation in the form of flakes of crystalline water ice that falls from clouds

Accepted Answer

snow

Question 35

Small, icy balls that fall from the sky

Accepted Answer

hail

Question 36

Water being evaporated through the stomata (pores) or plants and rising into the atmosphere

Accepted Answer

transpiration

Question 37

A storm with strong winds and rain that forms over tropical (WARM ocean) waters

Accepted Answer

hurricane

Question 38

True or False: Water in the gaseous state of matter is called water vapor

Accepted Answer

true

Question 39

measures weather conditions higher up in the atmosphere

Accepted Answer

weather balloon

Question 40

Global winds that blow constantly from the same direction

Accepted Answer

Prevailing winds

Question 41

Steady winds that blow around the equator.

Accepted Answer

trade winds

Weather Vocabulary Review

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Weather Vocabulary Review

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