Weather

This storm is a violently rotating column of air that has contact with the ground and is near ta thunderstorm is called

• tornado
• hurricane
• thunderstorm
• tsunami

Air masses get their characteristics from

• jet streams
• the air over which it forms

A mixture of gases, liquids, and solids that surround the earth

• temperature
• humidity
• atmosphere
• precipitation

Rain, snow, hail, sleet and any other form of water that falls to Earth's surface from clouds are all examples of  

• humidity
• temperature
• atmosphere
• precipitation

A _____ is a snowstorm with very high winds.

• hurricane
• blizzard
• tornado
• tsunami

The study of weather is called

• meteorology
• biology
• neurology

The _____ is the average weather conditions in a certain place over a long period of time.

• temperature
• climate
• precipitation
• humidity

Most of the earth's weather occurs in the

• troposphere
• stratosphere
• mesosphere

The Greenhouse Effect is the heating of the earth's atmosphere by solar radiation being _____ by gases such as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

• released
• trapped

A ___ is a body of air that has similar temperature and humidity (water vapor) content.

• front
• tornado
• air mass
• a convection current