Weather Vocabulary

The amount of mass of a substance in a given volume is

• weather

• cubic cm

• density

• cubic volume

The weight of air in the atmosphere pressing down upon Earth

• scale
• measurement
• air pressure
• wind gauge

The curving of moving objects including wind, from a straight path due to Earth’s rotation.

• Eye
• Coriolis Effect 
• Tornado
• Meteorologist

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Height above the sea level means

• Latitude
• Altitude
• Meridian

How many oxygen atoms does a molecule of ozone contain?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Where air masses meet and produce different kinds of weather.

• Air mass
• Front
• Relative Humidity
• Wind

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How heat moves through a liquid or gas, rising and sinking in a circular motion.

• Cold Front
• Conduction
• Convection
• Radiation

A large body of air that has the same properties, as the area of the Earth's surface over which it develops.

• Air Mass
• Conduction
• Relative Humidity
• Weather

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What is the atmosphere?

• an expert on weather

• gases that surround the Earth

• tiny drops of water that forms on cool surfaces

• water that falls from the sky

What does the word temperature mean?

• increase in Earth’s temperature

• the amount/degree of heat present

• device that collects and measures rain

• means tornadoes are possible and you should be prepared

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