Amplify Weather Patterns Vocabulary

What does "El Niño" refer to?

• A giant pattern of moving water that spans whole oceans

• The imaginary line that divides Earth into northern and southern hemispheres

• A climate pattern where water near the equator gets hotter than usual and affects the weather around the world

• The distance of a place north or south of Earth's equator

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What is the primary cause of the greenhouse effect?

• Carbon dioxide emissions

• Ozone layer depletion

• Deforestation

• Water vapor

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Which instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure?

• Thermometer

• Barometer

• Anemometer

• Hygrometer

What is the Coriolis effect?

• The deflection of moving objects due to Earth's rotation

• The warming of Earth's surface due to trapped heat

• The cooling of Earth's surface due to wind patterns

• The increase in ocean levels due to melting ice

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Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

What is the main component of Earth's atmosphere?

• Oxygen

• Carbon dioxide

• Nitrogen

• Argon

What is the term for a large body of air with uniform temperature and humidity?

• Cyclone

• Anticyclone

• Air mass

• Front

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Which process describes the change of water vapor directly into ice?

• Condensation

• Sublimation

• Deposition

• Evaporation

What is the primary driver of ocean currents?

• Wind

• Salinity

• Temperature

• Earth's rotation

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Which phenomenon is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific?

• La Niña

• El Niño

• Monsoon

• Hurricane

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