WorksheetsCh 16 Weather Vocab
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
thin, wispy cloud that forms from ice crystals high in the troposphere
a)
cirrus cloud
b)
cumulus cloud
c)
fog
d)
stratus cloud
2.
puffy white cloud that grows vertically because it forms in the updraft of a convection current
a)
Cirrus cloud
b)
Cumulus cloud
c)
fog
d)
Stratus cloud
3.
temperature at which water vapor condenses out of the air
a)
fog
b)
occluded front
c)
dew point
d)
humidity
4.
cloud that forms just above the ground surface
a)
low cirrus
b)
groundulus
c)
stratus
d)
fog
5.
precipitation that falls as rain but freezes on contact with cold surfaces near the ground, forming a glaze of ice
a)
freezing rain
b)
hail
c)
snow
d)
rainice
6.
precipitation that falls as balls of ice and forms when strong updrafts carry rain high into the troposphere, where the rain freezes
a)
sleet
b)
hail
c)
snow
d)
sphericalcoldness
7.
measure of what the temperature feels like because of humidity
a)
relative humidity
b)
humidity temperature
c)
front
d)
heat index
8.
amount of water vapor in the air
a)
dew point
b)
relative humidity
c)
airwaterness
d)
humidity
9.
percent of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount the air can hold
a)
relative humidity
b)
humidity
c)
heat index
d)
warm front
10.
precipitation that falls as small ice pellets and forms when snow melts as it falls through a layer of warm air and then refreezes as it passes through a layer of cold air near the ground
a)
sleet
b)
hail
c)
snowlet
d)
solid rain
11.
cloud that forms low in the troposphere in layers that spread horizontally
a)
fog
b)
cumulus cloud
c)
cirrus cloud
d)
stratus cloud
12.
conditions of the atmosphere, such as temperature and humidity, at a given time and place
a)
front
b)
climate
c)
weather
d)
barometer
13.
large body of air that has about the same conditions of temperature and humidity throughout
a)
air mass
b)
mass air
c)
climate
d)
mass of climate
14.
system of winds that rotate around a center of high air pressure
a)
anticyclone
b)
cyclone
c)
tornado
d)
hurricane
15.
boundary between two air masses that forms when a faster-moving cold air mass runs into a slower-moving warm air mass
a)
lukewarm front
b)
just right front
c)
cold front
d)
warm front
16.
system of winds that rotate around a center of low air pressure
a)
cyclone
b)
anticyclone
c)
warm front
d)
anemometer
17.
boundary between two air masses
a)
front
b)
divide
c)
wind vane
d)
air mass
18.
boundary between air masses that forms when a warm air mass is trapped between two cold air masses
a)
occluded front
b)
stationary front
c)
warm front
d)
cold front
19.
boundary between air masses that are stalled in the same place
a)
stationary front
b)
occluded front
c)
warm front
d)
cold front
20.
boundary between air masses that forms when a faster-moving warm air mass runs into a slower-moving cold air mass
a)
cold front
b)
occluded front
c)
stationary front
d)
warm front
21.
snow storm with high winds and reduced visibility because of wind-blown snow
a)
blizzard
b)
bizzare
c)
blitz
d)
DQ blizzard
22.
large storm with high winds and heavy rains that develops from a tropical cyclone over warm ocean water
a)
hurricane
b)
sugarcane
c)
walkingcane
d)
storm surge
23.
heavy snowstorm that occurs when winter winds pick up moisture as they pass over a relatively warm lake and then drop the moisture as snow on the leeward side of the lake
a)
lake effect snow
b)
lake snow
c)
blizzard
d)
noreaster
24.
huge spark that jumps between oppositely charged parts of the same cloud, between one cloud and another, or between a cloud and the ground during a thunderstorm
a)
hygrometer
b)
lightder
c)
thunder
d)
lightning
25.
episode of severe weather caused by a major disturbance in the atmosphere
a)
storm
b)
warning
c)
watch
d)
storm surge
26.
high water that rushes ashore when the eye of a hurricane passes over the coastline
a)
surging storm
b)
surf
c)
storm surge
d)
water front
27.
loud sound that occurs following lightning because the air heats and expands so quickly that it explodes
a)
lightning
b)
thunder
c)
blunder
d)
thightning
28.
storm with heavy rain and lightning
a)
hurricane
b)
thunderstorm
c)
flooding
d)
wet sparks
29.
small but powerful storm with very strong, whirling winds that may occur with a thunderstorm or hurricane
a)
tornado
b)
sharknado
c)
thundernado
d)
squirrelnado
30.
temperature the air feels like that takes into account actual air temperature and wind speed
a)
wind chill
b)
relative humidity
c)
humidity
d)
heat index
31.
instrument that measures wind speed
a)
anemometer
b)
barometer
c)
hygrometer
d)
thermometer
32.
instrument that measures air pressure
a)
thermometer
b)
speedometer
c)
barometer
d)
airometer
33.
instrument that measures humidity
a)
thermometer
b)
anemometer
c)
barometer
d)
hygrometer
34.
scientist who studies weather and makes weather forecasts
a)
weather fortune teller
b)
weatherologist
c)
meteorologist
d)
whatupoutsideologist
35.
instrument that measures the amount of rainfall
a)
hygrometer
b)
ruler
c)
thermometer
d)
rain gauge
36.
instrument that measures the amount of snowfall
a)
snowfallologist
b)
snowameter
c)
snow gauge
d)
trumpet
37.
instrument that measures temperature
a)
hygrometer
b)
hot gauge
c)
therdadometer
d)
thermometer
38.
balloon that rises into the troposphere where it gathers weather data and sends them to the surface
a)
circus ballon
b)
weather ballon
c)
water ballon
d)
tropoballon
39.
map that shows actual or predicted weather conditions for a particular geographic area
a)
weather map
b)
topographic map
c)
weather satellite
d)
wind vane
40.
satellite that orbits Earth and constantly collects and transmits weather data from high above the surface
a)
weather satellite
b)
weather station
c)
weather map
d)
whatgoingondownthere satellite
41.
one of thousands of devices that each collect weather data at a specific point on Earth’s surface
a)
weather station
b)
weather spot
c)
weather collector
d)
weather mall
42.
instrument that measures wind direction
a)
wind vane
b)
wind directioner
c)
wind gauge
d)
barometer
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