Weather and Atmosphere List 2 Quiz

Air moving from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

• el nino
• air currents
• la nina
• latitude

Overall weather in an area over a long period of time

• climate
• equator
• weather
• freshwater

The underwater area that stretches from the shoreline to the edge of the continental shelf and is among the most productive marine ecosystems

• coastal region
• low pressure
• north pole
• climate

An irregularly occurring and complex series of climatic changes affecting the equatorial Pacific region and beyond every few years, characterized by the appearance of unusually warm, nutrient-poor water off northern Peru and Ecuador, typically in late December.

• El Nino
• jet stream
• latitude
• north pole

An imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole

• north pole
• south pole
• equator
• coastal region

Does not contain any saltwater and can be rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, and wetlands

• freshwater
• coastal region
• climate tornado
• stationary front

Bands of high-speed winds about 10 kilometers above Earth's surface

• jet stream
• climate
• La Nina
• low pressure

A climate event in the eastern Pacific Ocean in which surface waters are colder than normal.

• air currents
• jet stream
• La Nina
• tropical zone

Distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees

• climate
• latitude
• north pole
• salinity

A mass of rising warm air that usually bring wet, stormy weather.

• low pressure
• high pressure
• freshwater
• wind vane