WorksheetsUnit 4: Weather Vocab
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the relatively thin layer of gases that forms Earth's outermost layer?
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
Lithosphere
Biosphere
What term describes the average annual conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area?
Weather
Climate
Atmosphere
Influence
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?
Atmosphere
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
What is the capacity to have an effect on the development or behavior of something?
Influence
Climate
Weather
Identify
What is the state of the air and atmosphere at a particular time and place called?
Climate
Weather
Atmosphere
Air masses
What is a pattern of atmospheric conditions that creates a recognizable set of weather patterns over a specific area?
Weather system
Global patterns
Ocean currents
Tropical cyclones
What is the large-scale movement of air together with ocean circulation called?
Air masses
Atmospheric Movement
Global patterns
Ocean currents
What allows the necessary transport of heat from tropical to polar latitudes?
Ocean currents
Global patterns
Weather system
Air masses
What is a volume of air defined by its temperature and humidity?
Air masses
Ocean currents
Weather system
Tropical cyclones
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?
Typhoon
Hurricane
Tornado
Cyclone
What is a continuous, directed movement of seawater generated by several forces acting upon the water?
Ocean currents
Air masses
Global patterns
Weather system
What is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure center, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms?
Typhoon
Hurricane
Tropical cyclones
Tornado
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?
Hurricane
Typhoon
Cyclone
Tornado
What term is used in relation to the sea?
Maritime
Oceanic
Aquatic
Nautical
What does the term "identify" mean in the context of providing information about a specified topic?
To elaborate
To indicate
To summarize
To question
