EOG Vocabulary Review- Weather/Water Cycle Question Preview (ID: 61626)


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puffy, fair weather clouds
a) cumulus
b) cirrus
c) stratus
d) cumulonimbus

low, sheetlike gray clouds that bring rain; fog
a) stratus
b) cumulus
c) cirrus
d) cumulonimbus

the boundary where polar air masses meet tropical air masses; it can move north and south and effect the air temperature above (north) and below (south) of it
a) jet stream
b) El Niño
c) La Niña
d) Gulf Stream

large thunderhead clouds; storm clouds
a) cumulonimbus
b) stratus
c) cumulus
d) cirrus

where two air masses meet
a) front
b) air mass
c) Gulf Stream
d) cirrus

wispy, high-level clouds that happen when there is fair weather but rain is approaching
a) cirrus
b) stratus
c) cumulus
d) cumulonimbus

warm air mass meets a cold air mass and rises over it. Often brings rain, stratus clouds and an increase in temperature
a) warm front
b) cold front
c) stationary front
d) occluded front

cold air mass meets warm air mass, bringing storms and a drop in temperature
a) cold front
b) warm front
c) stationary front
d) occluded front

warm air rises and cold air sinks; causing wind
a) convection current
b) water cycle
c) jet stream
d) Gulf Stream

winds that cause the weather in the US to move from west to the east
a) prevailing westerlies
b) polar easterlies
c) trade winds
d) Gulf Stream

the movement of water between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere; powered by the Sun's energy
a) water cycle
b) heat transfer
c) solution
d) matter

unusual warming of surface water in the Pacific Ocean
a) El Niño
b) La Niña
c) jet stream
d) Gulf Stream

liquid water is heated by the sun’s energy and changes from a liquid to a gas
a) evaporation
b) transpiration
c) condensation
d) conduction

water vapor cools and turns into liquid water, forming a cloud
a) condensation
b) evaporation
c) precipitation
d) runoff

water evaporating from the leaves of plants
a) transpiration
b) evaporation
c) condensation
d) runoff

the condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time
a) weather
b) climate
c) water cycle
d) barometer

clouds get too heavy and water falls to the ground as rain, sleet, or snow
a) precipitation
b) condensation
c) evaporation
d) transpiration

measures air pressure
a) barometer
b) anemometer
c) thermometer
d) pressumeter

measures wind speed
a) anemometer
b) barometer
c) thermometer
d) hygrometer

warm current in the Atlantic Ocean that moves North and keeps the weather along the coast mild
a) Gulf Stream
b) jet stream
c) El Niño
d) prevailing westerlies

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