Modified Weather and Climate Quiz#2(12/16)

A weather tool that measures wind direction.

• Wind Vane

• Anemometer

A boundary between air masses with different temperatures.

• Front

• Upper

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

• Tornado

• Storm Surge

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

• Jet Stream

• Gulf Stream

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

• Prevailing Westerlies

• Polar Easterlies

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

• Trade Winds

• Gulf Stream

A weather tool that measures wind speed.

• Wind Vane

• Anemometer

Warm Pacific Ocean water that creates dry and cool weather.

• El Nino

• La Nina

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

• Coriolis Effect

• Jet Stream

The most common severe storm formed in cumulonimbus clouds.

• Tornado

• Thunderstorm