Weather and Climate Quiz(#21-39)12/16/21

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

• Air Mass

• Coriolis Effect

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

A large region of the atmosphere where the air has similar properties throughout.

• Air Mass

• Warm Front

• Coriolis Effect

• Cold Front

A weather tool that measures wind direction

• Wind Vane

• Anemometer

• Rain Gauge

• Wind Measurer

A front where warm air moves in over a cold air mass.

• Air Mass

• Cold Front

• Front

• Warm Front

A boundary between air masses with different temperatures.

• Front

• Back

• Middle

• Top

A front where cold air moves in under a warm air mass.

• Cold Front

• Air Mass

• Warm Front

• Wind Vane

A weather tool that measures wind speed.

• Rain Gauge

• Thermometer

• Wind Vane

• Anemometer

Warm Pacific Ocean water and wind that bring destructive weather.

• El Nino

• Air Mass

• La Nina

• Jet Stream

The most common severe storm, formed in cumulonimbus clouds.

• Jet Stream

• Hurricane

• Thunderstorm

• Tornado

A powerful warm current in the Atlantic Ocean.

• La Nina

• Gulf Stream

• Tornado

• Hurricane