WorksheetsWeather Vocabulary
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
An instrument used to measure the direction that wind is COMING FROM.
a)
Anemometer
b)
Barometer
c)
Psychrometer
d)
Wind Vane
2.
An instrument used to measure air pressure.
a)
Anemometer
b)
Barometer
c)
Psychrometer
d)
Wind Vane
3.
An instrument that uses a wet and dry bulb to measure relative humidity.
a)
Anemometer
b)
Barometer
c)
Psychrometer
d)
Wind Vane
4.
An instrument used to measure wind speed.
a)
Anemometer
b)
Barometer
c)
Psychrometer
d)
Wind Vane
5.
The pattern of weather that occurs in an area over many years.
a)
Air Mass
b)
Climate
c)
Wind
d)
Wind Vane
6.
Narrow bands of high speed winds near the top of the Troposphere that move West to East.
a)
Air Mass
b)
Front
c)
Jet Stream
d)
Wind
7.
How heat energy travels in waves through empty space.
a)
Cold Front
b)
Conduction
c)
Convection
d)
Radiation
8.
This leads to clear skies and sunny days.
a)
Cold Front
b)
Warm Front
c)
High Pressure System
d)
Low Pressure System
9.
Where air masses meet and produce different kinds of weather.
a)
Air mass
b)
Front
c)
Relative Humidity
d)
Wind
10.
Less dense warmer air mass slides over departing colder air.
a)
Cold Front
b)
Warm Front
c)
High Pressure System
d)
Low Pressure System
11.
A large body of air that has the same properties, as the area of the Earth's surface over which it develops.
a)
Air Mass
b)
Conduction
c)
Relative Humidity
d)
Weather
12.
Cold air mass that comes and pushes a warm air mass up.
a)
Cold Front
b)
Warm Front
c)
High Pressure System
d)
Low Pressure System
13.
The amount of water vapor in the air, compared to how much water vapor the air can actually hold.
a)
Convection
b)
Jet Stream
c)
Relative Humidity
d)
Wind
14.
What is happening in the atmosphere right now;
Current conditions
Current conditions
a)
Low Pressure System
b)
High Pressure System
c)
Weather
d)
Wind
15.
Transfer of heat, from faster moving molecules (that do not travel), but move in place
- how heat moves through solids.
- how heat moves through solids.
a)
Cold Front
b)
Conduction
c)
Convection
d)
Radiation
16.
The movement of air, due to differences in air pressure.
a)
Air Mass
b)
Climate
c)
Weather
d)
Wind
17.
Leads to cloudy skies, and possible rain/snow
a)
Cold Front
b)
Warm Front
c)
High Pressure System
d)
Low Pressure System
18.
How heat moves through a liquid or gas, rising and sinking in a circular motion.
a)
Cold Front
b)
Conduction
c)
Convection
d)
Radiation
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