Weather and Climate Quiz #2(12/16)

A weather tool that measures wind direction.

• Wind Vane

• Anemometer

• Thermometer

• Rain Gauge

A boundary between air masses with different temperatures.

• Back

• Middle

• Upper

• Front

A great rise of the sea along a shore caused by low air pressure.

• Storm Pressure

• Storm Surge

• Storm Air

• Storm Swell

A fast flowing ribbon of air high up in the atmosphere that moves highs and lows.

• Jet Stream

• Gulf Stream

• Air Stream

• Wind Stream

Winds that blow from the west in the mid-latitudes(this is in the USA).

• Polar Easterlies

• Trade Winds

• Prevailing Westerlies

• Cumulus Clouds

Winds at the equator area of the globe that create a high-pressure zone.

• Prevailing Westerlies

• Gulf Stream

• Trade Winds

• Polar Easterlies

A weather tool that measures wind speed.

• Anemometer

• Thermometer

• Barometer

• Rain Gauge

Warm Pacific Ocean water that creates dry and cool weather.

• El Nino

• La Nina

• Gulf Stream

• Jet Stream

The curving of the path of a moving object caused by earth's rotation.

• Jet Stream

• Coriolis Effect

• Gulf Stream

• La Nina

The most common severe storm formed in cumulonimbus clouds.

• Thunderstorm

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• Storm Surge