Meteorology Vocabulary

Quiz
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Science
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6th Grade
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Hard
Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
a belt of calm air and sea occurring in both the northern and southern hemispheres between the trade winds and the westerlies
Horse latitudes
Coriolis effect
Polar easterlies
Trade winds
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Winds that blow from the west to the east
Doldrums
Westerlies
Global winds
Trade winds
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Polar easterlies is....
Winds that blow away from the poles
Little or low wind area near equator where warm air rises
a wind blowing almost continually toward the equator from the northeast
The effect of Earth’s rotation on the directions of winds and currents
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Trade winds is....
Little or low wind area near equator where warm air rises
a belt of calm air and sea occurring in both the northern and southern hemispheres between the trade winds and the westerlies
a wind blowing almost continually toward the equator from the northeast
Winds that blow from the west to the east
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
the continual movement of air in a circular pattern in the atmosphere
Convection currents
conduction
radiation
convection
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
describes the atmospheric conditions at a specific place at a specific point in time
weather
climate
atmosphere
weather front
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
the average pattern for weather over a period of months, years, decades, or longer in a specific place.
weather
atmosphere
climate
greenhouse effect
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
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