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Weather and Climate Vocabulary Study Guide

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the condition of the Earth at a particular time and place?

a)

climate

b)

weather

c)

temperature

d)

air pressure

2.

The height above sea level.

a)

height

b)

altitude

c)

jet streams

d)

stratosphere

3.

I am found in the layer of the Stratosphere and protects us from ultra violet radiation. *Rays bounce back into outer space.

a)

Ultraviolet Radiation

b)

Ozone Layer

c)

Magnosphere

d)

Thermosphere

4.

Harmful rays of radiation from the sun that causes skin cancer, eye damage, and sunburn

a)

Ozone Layer

b)

U.V. Rays AKA Ultraviolet Radiation

c)

Electromagnetic Radiation

d)

Sunlight

5.

The force of air pushing down on you in all directions.

a)

air

b)

mass

c)

air pressure

d)

jet streams

6.

A weather tool used to measure air pressure. Can be measured in millibars (mb), inches(in), millimeters (mm), and centimeters(cm).

a)

anemometer

b)

barometer

c)

thermometer

d)

psychrometer

7.

Very fast moving bands of wind, over 180km/hour, blows from East to West.

a)

altitude

b)

jet streams

c)

high speed winds

d)

wind gusts

8.

I am layer of gases surrounding the Earth that makes conditions suitable for organisms (living things).

a)

atmosphere

b)

greenhouse effect

c)

oxygen

d)

Nitrogen

9.

Which winds blow from West to East and allow airplanes to glide in the wind save fuel?

a)

Polar Easterlies

b)

jet streams

c)

prevailing westerlies

10.

True or False: Altitude affects air pressure

a)

True

b)

False

11.

True or False: Temperature affects air pressure.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Rainy, cloudy, temperature, air pressure, are all factors that deal with _________________________.

a)

climate

b)

weather

c)

earth

13.

True or False: Weather in the same city can be different at the same time, but in different places.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Weather always stays the same.

a)

True

b)

False