Weather Vocabulary

Weather Vocabulary

7th Grade

11 Qs

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Weather Vocabulary

Weather Vocabulary

Assessment

Quiz

Science

7th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS2-5, MS-ESS2-6, MS-ESS3-2

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Criss Loven

Used 64+ times

FREE Resource

11 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A body of air extending over a large area (1,000 miles or more) that develops and retains specific characteristics of pressure, temperature, and humidity

Air Mass

Global Winds

Wind

Jet Stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Similar weather for a certain number of days

Radar

Wind

Weather Pattern

Hazardous Weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An air mass with greater atmospheric pressure than the surrounding air masses; air moves away from the center of the high pressure

Global Winds

High-Pressure Air Mass

Low-Pressure

Air Mass

Hazardous Weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A narrow zone of strong winds in the upper level of the atmosphere 

Catastrophic Events

Hazardous Weather

Global Winds

Jet Stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Extreme weather events such as floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes; classified by the extent and intensity of their impact on the ecosystem

Global Winds

Catastrophic Events

Hazardous Weather

Weather Pattern

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Directional movements of ocean water; surface currents result from steady winds over the ocean surface; deep currents result from density variations due to temperature and salinity differences

Global Winds

Radar

Ocean Currents

Hazardous Weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Winds that act as a heat transfer system due to the unequal heating of Earth’s surface

Global Winds

Hazardous Weather

Weather Pattern

Radar

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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