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Mr. Moran's Weather Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The day-to-day conditions of a specific place

a)

climate

b)

weather

c)

cumulus

d)

stratus

2.

The average weather of a region over a long period of time

a)

weather

b)

climate

c)

hygrometer

d)

thermometer

3.

A weather tool used to measure air pressure

a)

thermometer

b)

wind vane

c)

hygrometer

d)

barometer

4.

type of pressure that usually means it will be cloudy, rainy, or windy

a)

high pressure

b)

low pressure

c)

mid pressure

d)

rain pressure

5.

An instrument used to measure temperature

a)

thermometer

b)

anemometer

c)

rain gauge

d)

wind vane

6.

Large bodies of air that move though the atmosphere and have the same temperature, moisture, and pressure

a)

air mass

b)

atmosphere

c)

clouds

d)

cumulus

7.

Boundaries that separate warm air masses from cold air masses

a)

alto stratus

b)

nimbus

c)

fronts

d)

clouds

8.

Type of front that pushes warm air up quickly and may cause thunderstorms or heavy rain

a)

warm front

b)

cold front

c)

medium front

d)

El Nino

9.

a result from the condensation of water vapor on dust particles in the air

a)

warm front

b)

cold front

c)

medium front

d)

clouds

10.

Puffy clouds that appear to rise up from a flat bottom

a)

cirrus

b)

cumulous

c)

stratus

d)

alto stratus

11.

These clouds usually cover the whole sky and bring overcast, gray weather and produce gentle rain

a)

stratus

b)

nimbostratus

c)

cumlulous

d)

cumulonimbus

12.

A stratus cloud that touches the ground

a)

warm front

b)

cold front

c)

fog

d)

alto stratus

13.

This happens when clouds get full and heavy and water falls back to the Earth in the form of rain, hail, sleet or snow

a)

precipitation

b)

evaporation

c)

condensation

d)

transpiration

14.

Powerful winds that travel at high altitudes that influence precipitation and mark clouds boundaries between huge air masses

a)

sea breeze

b)

gulf stream

c)

jet stream

d)

land breeze

15.

When warm air rises over the land and the air over the ocean sinks

a)

jet stream

b)

gulf stream

c)

sea breeze

d)

land breeze

16.

An intense tropical storm with powerful winds and heavy rain

a)

cumulonimbus

b)

tornado

c)

hurricane

d)

warm front

17.

a storm with lightning and thunder usually formed by a cumulonimbus clouds

a)

El Nino

b)

La Nina

c)

warm front

d)

thunderstorm

18.

type of pressure that usually creates cool, dry air and clear skies

a)

low

b)

medium

c)

high

d)

heavy duty

19.

instrument used to measure the amount of precipitation

a)

anemometer

b)

rain gauge

c)

wind vane

d)

hygrometer

20.

A weather tool used to measure wind direction

a)

wind vane

b)

hygrometer

c)

barometer

d)

anemometer

21.

An instrument used to measure the amount of humidity or water vapor in the air

a)

wind vane

b)

anemometer

c)

hygrometer

d)

rain gauge

22.

A thin layer of mixed gases that covers the Earth. It also makes up the air we breathe

a)

atmosphere

b)

El Nino

c)

La Nina

d)

Stratus

23.

type of front that pushes the cold air mass out and brings in warm, moist air and steady rain

a)

warm

b)

cold

c)

stationary

d)

occluded

24.

Clouds in blanket like layers that cover the sky

a)

alto cumulus

b)

stratus

c)

cumulus

d)

cirrus

25.

wispy and thin clouds that form at very high altitudes and made of ice crystals

a)

cirrus

b)

alto stratus

c)

stratus

d)

cumulous

26.

Meaning "rain" or "rainy cloud" likely to bring precipitation like rain or snow

a)

cirro-cumulus

b)

alto

c)

nimbus

d)

cold front

27.

These clouds are formed from cold fronts and often produce lightning and thunder

a)

cumulous

b)

stratus

c)

nimbostratus

d)

cumulonimbus

28.

The process when the sun turns liquid into a gas called water vapor and rise into the sky

a)

transpiration

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

d)

evaporation

29.

When the water vapor in the air gets cold and changes back into liquid and forms clouds

a)

condensation

b)

precipitation

c)

transpiration

d)

evaporation