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Unit 3 Vocabulary Part 2
Test Description: Unit 3 Vocabulary Part 2 Words
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) a large body of air with the same temperature and humidity throughout
A
Air Mass
B
Current
C
Front
D
Jet Stream
2) a place where two air masses meet
A
Air Mass
B
Jet Stream
C
Front
D
Current
3) a cold air mass meets and moves under a warm air mass; brings thunderstorms
A
Front
B
Warm Front
C
Cold Front
D
Stationary Front
4) a warm air mass meets and moves over a cold air mass; brings clouds and light rain
A
Cold Front
B
Stationary Front
C
Front
D
Warm Front
5) forms when two air masses meet and stop moving; brings lasting rain
A
Front
B
Cold Front
C
Stationary Front
D
Warm Front
6) a large storm that brings strong winds and heavy rain
A
Hurricane
B
El Nino
C
Jet Stream
D
La Nina
7) a flow of air or water in a certain direction
A
Current
B
Prevailing Westerlies
C
Air Mass
D
Jet Stream
8) an air current in the upper atmosphere that flows from west to east
A
Jet Stream
B
Gulf Stream
C
Prevailing Westerlies
D
Global Wind
9) a warm ocean current in the Atlantic Ocean that moves warm waters toward the north helping to keep weather along the eastern coast mild
A
Jet Stream
B
Gulf Stream
C
Current
D
Air Mass
10) an unusual warming of the surface water of the Pacific Ocean near the equator
A
El Nino
B
Hurricane
C
Jet Stream
D
La Nina
11) an unusual cooling of the surface water of the Pacific Ocean near the equator
A
High Pressure System
B
Prevailing Westerlies
C
La Nina
D
El Nino
12) moves great distances over the globe; predictable and stable; also called atmospheric circulations
A
Global Wind
B
Prevailing Westerlies
C
Land Breeze
D
Sea Breeze
13) winds that occur between 30° and 60° in both hemispheres; blow from west to east; blow towards the poles; global winds
A
Land Breeze
B
Prevailing Westerlies
C
Global Wind
D
Sea Breeze
14) a convection current where air flows from sea to land during the daytime; a local wind (land heats up and cools down faster than water)
A
Prevailing Westerlies
B
Global Wind
C
Sea Breeze
D
Land Breeze
15) a convection current where air flows from land to sea during the nighttime; a local wind
A
Sea Breeze
B
Prevailing Westerlies
C
Global Wind
D
Land Breeze
16) a whirling mass of cool, dry air; brings fair weather, sunny skies, light winds and stable weather; rotate clockwise
A
Hurricane
B
Low Pressure System
C
Cold Front
D
High Pressure System
17) a whirling mass of warm, moist air; brings storms, strong winds, and changing, unstable weather; rotate counterclockwise
A
Low Pressure System
B
High Pressure System
C
Warm Front
D
Current
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