Meteorology Vocabulary

Meteorology Vocabulary

6th Grade

15 Qs

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Meteorology Vocabulary

Meteorology Vocabulary

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th Grade

Hard

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

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

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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