Weather Quiz - Vocabulary Review

What is a front?

• A place where air masses meet
• the front part of a storm
• An area of very high wind
• an area that has fair weather

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An air mass is

• a large body of air with about the same temperature and humidity throughout

• the amount of moisture in the air

• a place where two different air masses meet

• a cold air mass that bumps against a warm air mass

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What type of storm front is this? 

• warm front
• cold front
• stationary front
• occluded front

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What type of storm front if this?

• Warm Front
• Cold Front
• Stationary Front
• Occluded Front

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What are jet streams?

• The trail left from an airplane.

• Bands of strong wind.

• The winds that push jets through the air.

• Wind made from tornadoes.

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The Jet Stream helps weather systems come to NC by

• forcing winds to blow in the opposite direction.

• decreasing inland wind speed.

• moving air masses west to east across the United States.

• keeping temperatures consistently warm all year round

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Winds are caused by

• equal heating

• unequal heating

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Which best describes the Gulf Stream?

• an ocean current which originates in the Gulf of Mexico and causes warm water to travel up the east coast of the United States

• an ocean current which originates in the Gulf of Mexico and causes cool water to travel up the east coast of the United States

• an ocean current which originates in the Gulf of Mexico and causes warm water to travel down the east coast of Mexico

• an ocean current which originates in the Gulf of Mexico and causes cool water to travel down the east coast of Mexico

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The amount of precipitation over a period of time is measured with what instrument?

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When clouds fill with water and can't hold anymore, the water falls from the clouds as -

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

• atmospehere

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