WorksheetsWeather Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The force of air on a surface.
a)
Air Pressure
b)
Hurricane
c)
Knot
d)
Rain
2.
The curving of moving objects including wind, from a straight path due to Earth’s rotation.
a)
Eye
b)
Coriolis Effect
c)
Tornado
d)
Meteorologist
3.
The core of warm, relatively calm air with low pressure and light winds at the center of a hurricane.
a)
Knot
b)
Air Pressure
c)
Tsunami
d)
Eye
4.
A large, rotating tropical storm with wind speeds of at least 74 miles per hour.
a)
Hurricane
b)
Tsunami
c)
Tornado
d)
Lightning
5.
The measurement of wind speed.
a)
Air Pressure
b)
Eye
c)
Knot
d)
Clouds
6.
A scientist that studies weather and Earth’s atmosphere.
a)
Coriolis Effect
b)
Knot
c)
Meteorologist
d)
Tectonic Plates
7.
Water that falls to Earth’s surface.
a)
Clouds
b)
Precipitation
c)
Snowflake
d)
Meteorologist
8.
Powerful waves that from when a large volume of water is suddenly displaced.
a)
Tsunami
b)
Tectonic Plates
c)
Tornado
d)
Knot
9.
Violently destructive windstorm occurring over land.
a)
Tsunami
b)
Tornado
c)
Hurricane
d)
Coriolis Effect
10.
A particular form of water ice that forms in clouds when the temperature is 32° F or colder.
a)
Knot
b)
Snowflake
c)
Rain
d)
Air Pressure
11.
When negative charges start a path toward the ground while electricity shoots up causing a flash of light.
a)
Eye
b)
Volcano
c)
Cloud
d)
Lightning
12.
A pressure valve that releases energy from beneath the Earth’s crust.
a)
Tectonic Plates
b)
Volcano
c)
Tornado
d)
Tsunami
13.
The crust of the Earth is broken into these that fit together like puzzle pieces.
a)
Knot
b)
Tectonic Plates
c)
Meteorologist
d)
Air Pressure
14.
When water droplets collect together.
a)
Clouds
b)
Lightning
c)
Tornado
d)
Knot
15.
When precipitation falls in liquid form.
a)
Snowflake
b)
Rain
c)
Clouds
d)
Lightning
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