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Unit 4: Weather Vocab

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the relatively thin layer of gases that forms Earth's outermost layer?

a)

Hydrosphere

b)

Atmosphere

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Biosphere

2.

What term describes the average annual conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area?

a)

Weather

b)

Climate

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Influence

3.

Which term refers to the portion of Earth that consists of water in any of its forms, including oceans, glaciers, rivers, lakes, groundwater, and water vapor?

a)

Atmosphere

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Hydrosphere

d)

Biosphere

4.

What is the capacity to have an effect on the development or behavior of something?

a)

Influence

b)

Climate

c)

Weather

d)

Identify

5.

What is the state of the air and atmosphere at a particular time and place called?

a)

Climate

b)

Weather

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Air masses

6.

What is a pattern of atmospheric conditions that creates a recognizable set of weather patterns over a specific area?

a)

Weather system

b)

Global patterns

c)

Ocean currents

d)

Tropical cyclones

7.

What is the large-scale movement of air together with ocean circulation called?

a)

Air masses

b)

Atmospheric Movement

c)

Global patterns

d)

Ocean currents

8.

What allows the necessary transport of heat from tropical to polar latitudes?

a)

Ocean currents

b)

Global patterns

c)

Weather system

d)

Air masses

9.

What is a volume of air defined by its temperature and humidity?

a)

Air masses

b)

Ocean currents

c)

Weather system

d)

Tropical cyclones

10.

What is a tropical cyclone that forms in the Atlantic Ocean or the eastern Pacific Ocean with winds of about 119 kilometers per hour or higher?

a)

Typhoon

b)

Hurricane

c)

Tornado

d)

Cyclone

11.

What is a continuous, directed movement of seawater generated by several forces acting upon the water?

a)

Ocean currents

b)

Air masses

c)

Global patterns

d)

Weather system

12.

What is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure center, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms?

a)

Typhoon

b)

Hurricane

c)

Tropical cyclones

d)

Tornado

13.

What is a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans with sustained hurricane-force winds of at least 119 km/h?

a)

Hurricane

b)

Typhoon

c)

Cyclone

d)

Tornado

14.

What term is used in relation to the sea?

a)

Maritime

b)

Oceanic

c)

Aquatic

d)

Nautical

15.

What does the term "identify" mean in the context of providing information about a specified topic?

a)

To elaborate

b)

To indicate

c)

To summarize

d)

To question