Meteorology Vocabulary

According to the diagram, what occurs in a cold front during a thunderstorm?

• Cold air advances over warmer air

• Warmer air advances over cold air

• Cold air retreats under warmer air

• Warmer air and cold air do not interact

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What is formed when rapidly spinning columns of air touch the ground?

• Hurricanes

• Tornadoes

• Thunderstorms

• Earthquakes

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What are tornadoes described as in the image?

• Rapidly spinning columns of water

• Slowly moving clouds

• Rapidly spinning columns of air

• Gentle breezes that touch the ground

a cloud that touches the ground

• rain

• hail

• fog

• snow

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weather systems that produce lightning, thunder, heavy rains, and high winds

• Blizzard

• Thunderstorm

• Hurricane

• Tornado

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air movements that are caused by pressure belts, convection cells, and Earth's rotation

• global air currents

• atmospheric circulation

• jet streams

• global wind patterns

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Rotating tropical storms that have achieved total wind speeds of 120 km/hr or more

• Typhoons

• Tornadoes

• Blizzards

• Hurricanes

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What is meteorology primarily concerned with?

• The study of rocks and minerals

• The study of the weather and climate

• The study of oceans

• The study of plants

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What causes the air movements known as global winds?

• The moon's gravitational pull

• Changes in sea level

• Pressure belts, convection cells, and Earth's rotation

• Solar flares

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the lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere, where weather occurs.

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

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