Weather Vocabulary Quiz

Weather

• The condition of the atmosphere at a given time

• The conditions of the atmosphere that cause tornado

• The warming of the Pacific Ocean currents in December.

• The predominately westernly air currents that circle the Earth.

• Temperature

• La Nina

• El Nino

• Tropical Zone

Characterized by warm humid summers and cold mild winters.

• Polar Zone

• Climate Change

• Weather

• Subtropical Zone

• Population Pyramid

• Weather Graph

• Climograph

• Line Graph

The average condition of Earth's atmosphere over time.

• Precipitation

• Climate

• Temperature

• Weather

Predominately Westernly air currents that circle the Earth.

• High Pressure System

• Weather

• Jet Stream

• Temperate Zone

• Climate Zones

• Jet Stream

• El Nino

• Climate Chage

Zones without extremes of temperature and precipitation.

• Polar Zone

• Tropical Zone

• Temperate Zone

• Subtropic Zone

Any liquid or frozen water in the atmosphere that comes back down to Earth.

• Precipitation

• Average Rain Fall

• Temperature

• Climate Zones

Global warming driven by human emission of greenhouse gasses

• Climate Zone

• Temperature

• El Nino

• Climate Change