Earth Science 3.4+3.5 Vocab Quiz

properties of the atmosphere at a given time and location, including temperature, air movement and precipitation

• weather

• climate

• atmosphere

• precipitation

average weather conditions in an area

• weather

• climate

• atmosphere

• precipitation

layers of gas that surround a planet

• tropical

• latitude

• pressure

• atmosphere

water from clouds; such as rain, snow, sleet, hail, and freezing rain

• precipitation

• rain

• moisture

• temperate

liquid water that falls from the sky

• precipitation

• rain

• water

• moisture

geographic North or South poles

• latitude

• temperate

• ocean

• polar

imaginary line that divides Earth in half; located between the North and South poles

• polar

• equator

• temperate

• latitude

compound made of hydrogen and oxygen

• climate

• ocean

• water

• marine

climate that does not have extremes of hot or cold

• polar

• temperate

• tropical

• marine

measure of how much water is is in something

• rain

• precipitation

• equator

• moisture