Download Weather Vocabulary Test

Name________________
Date_______________
Weather Vocabulary
1. ________________Water that falls from the atmosphere as rain, snow, hail, or sleet.
2. ________________The condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place.
3. _________________A place where a warm air mass meets a colder air mass and slowly
rises over it.
4. ________________A tool that shows the wind direction.
5. ________________ A measure of how warm something is.
6. ________________The weight of the atmosphere pressing at a certain place.
7. _______________ The mixture of gases and dust that surround the earth.
8. ________________A warm ocean current in the Atlantic Ocean.
9. ________________A large storm that brings strong winds and heavy rain.
10. ________________A tool used to measure the amount of rain that falls.
11. ________________A place where a cold air mass bumps up against a warm air mass.
12. ________________A tool use to measure air pressure.
13.________________A flow of air in the same direction.
14.________________A mass of tiny water droplets or ice crystals in the air.
15._______________A flow of water in the same direction.
16._______________An air current in the upper atmosphere that flows from west to east.
17._______________An unusual warming of surface water in the eastern Pacific Ocean near
the equator.
18._______________A tool used to measure wind speed.
19._______________A measure of the amount of water in the air.
20._______________An instrument used to measure temperature.
21._______________The average of all weather conditions through all seasons over a period
of time.
22.________________ During the day, cooler sea air moves toward the land.
23.________________During the night, cooler air moves over land toward the sea.
24._______________High clouds made mainly of ice crystals.
25._______________Clouds that form as a warm air mass is slowly pushed upward over a
mass of colder air.
26._______________The distance north and south of the equator measured in degrees.
27. ______________Puffy clouds formed when large bubbles of warm air rises rapidly into
the atmosphere.
28.______________A half of a sphere.
29.______________ A cooling of the water in the equatorial Pacific that occurs at irregular
intervals.
30._____________ To move or swing from side to side regularly.
Weather, Climate, Precipitation, Temperature, Air Pressure, Latitude, Weather Patterns, Hemisphere,
Humidity, Thermometer, Barometer, Anemometer, Wind Vane, Rain Gauge, Stratus, Cirrus, Cumulus, Clouds,
Warm Front, Cold Front, Atmosphere, Air Current, Water Current, Jet Stream, Gulf Stream, Land Breeze,
Sea Breeze, El Nino, La Nina, Oscillation, and Hurricane.