Water Cycle and Weather

What is the term for an air mass with less tightly packed air molecules, typically warm air, that creates a low pressure zone?

• High Pressure

• Low Pressure

• Neutral Pressure

• Variable Pressure

What is the term for the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth?

• Water Cycle

• Hydrological Cycle

• Water Flow

• Aquatic Movement

What is the name of the front that occurs when a cold and a warm front cannot overtake each other?

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

What is the term for the boundary between two different air masses?

• Front

• Cold front

• Warm front

• Stationary front

What is the name of the process by which water vapor is released from plants into the atmosphere?

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

What is the term for the amount of water vapor present in the air?

• Temperature

• Humidity

• Pressure

• Wind Speed

What is the term for the layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs?

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

What is the effect called that describes how the Earth's rotation influences wind direction?

• Coriolis Effect

• Gravitational Pull

• Magnetic Drift

• Thermal Expansion

What is the process called when water vapor cools and changes back into liquid water?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

What is the name of the process where liquid water is heated and changes into water vapor?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration