WorksheetsWeather unit 4 chapter 2 vocabulary quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is humidity?
The amount of water vapor in the air compared with the amount that the air can hold.
An area where cold air is sinking.
The amount of water vapor in the air.
An area where warm air is rising.
What is weather?
The transfer of heat through space or matter by waves.
The daily changes of the temperature, humidity, cloud cover, winds, and participation in the atmosphere.
The movement of air from high pressure areas to low pressure areas.
What is radiation?
The transfer of heat from one substance through another by direct contact.
The transfer of heat through space or matter by waves.
The transfer of heat that occurs in moving fluids caused by the circulation of currents from one region to another.
What is convection?
The transfer of heat that occurs in moving fluids caused by circulation of currents from one region to another.
The transfer of heat from one substance to another by direct contact.
The transferred heat through space or matter by waves.
What is conduction?
The transfer of heat through space or matter by waves.
The transfer of heat from one substance through another by direct contact.
The transfer of heat that occurs in moving fluids caused by the circulation of currents from one region to another.
What is atmospheric pressure?
Pressure exerted by earth atmosphere at any given point.
An area where warm air is rising.
In area where cold air is sinking.
What is a low pressure area?
An area where cold air is sinking.
Pressure exerted by earth atmosphere at any given point.
An area were warm air rising.
What is a high pressure area?
Pressure exerted by earth’s atmosphere at any given point.
In area were cold air is sinking.
An area where warm air is rising.
What is a barometer?
An instrument used to measure wind speed
An instrument used to find where the wind is coming from.
An instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure.
An instrument used to measure temperature.
What is a anemometer?
And an instrument used to find atmospheric pressure.
An instrument used to find the temperature.
An instrument used to find wind speed.
An instrument used to find where the wind is coming from.
What is wind?
The daily changes of temperature, humidity, cloud cover, wind, and precipitation.
The movement of air from high pressure areas to low pressure areas.
A condensed water vapor near the grounds.
What is a sea breeze?
Local wins that form during the day when cooler air over the water moves to replace the warmer air on land.
Local winds that formed by night when cooler air over the land moves to replace the warmer air over the water.
Local winds that form during the day when cooler air from valleys move into replace the warmer mountain air.
Local winds that form at night when cooler mountain air moves into replace the warmer air in the valleys.
What is a Land breeze?
Local winds that form during the day when cooler air over the water moves onto to replace the warmer air on land.
Local wins that form during the day when cooler air from valleys move in to replace the warmer mountain air.
Local winds that form by night when cooler air over the land moves to replace the warmer air over the water.
Local wins that form at night when cooler mountain air moves to replace the warmer air in the valleys.
What is a valley breeze?
Local winds that Form at night when cooler mountain air moves in to replace the warmer air in valleys.
Local winds that form during the day when cooler air over the water moves to replace the warmer air on land.
Local winds that form by night when cooler air over the land moves to replace the warmer air over the water.
Local winds that form during the day when cooler air from valleys move into replace the warmer mountain air.
What is a mountain breeze?
Local winds that form by night when cooler air over the land moves in to replace the warmer air over the water.
Local winds that form during the day when cooler air over the water move in to replace the warmer air on land.
Local winds that form at night when cooler mountain air moves in to replace the warmer air in valleys.
Local winds that form during the day when cooler air from valleys move in to replace the warmer mountain air.
