U9 Weather and Climate Vocab Quiz

What is the term for energy in the form of electromagnetic waves that travel from the sun to Earth?

• Latitude

• Solar energy

• Air pressure

• Humidity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the measurement of distance north or south of Earth's equator called?

• Weather

• Climate

• Latitude

• Current

What describes the conditions in the atmosphere at a particular time and place?

• Weather

• Climate

• Wind

• Jet stream

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the average year-after-year conditions of temperature and precipitation known as?

• Weather

• Climate

• Humidity

• Air mass

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is a large stream of water that flows through the ocean called?

• Wind belt

• Current

• Jet stream

• Typhoon

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What measures how strongly Earth's atmosphere pushes down on a given area?

• Air pressure

• Humidity

• Weather front

• Coriolis effect

What is the movement of air across Earth's surface called?

• Jet stream

• Wind

• Air mass

• Tropical cyclone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the influence of Earth's rotation on global winds known as?

• Coriolis effect

• Weather front

• Hurricane

• Latitude

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is a group of winds that occur between certain latitudes called?

• Jet stream

• Wind belt

• Air mass

• Typhoon

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is a fast-moving, narrow band of wind in the upper atmosphere called?

• Jet stream

• Current

• Wind belt

• Solar energy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6