Unit 3 Vocabulary Part 2 Question Preview (ID: 62703)


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a large body of air with the same temperature and humidity throughout
a) Air Mass
b) Front
c) Current
d) Jet Stream

a place where two air masses meet
a) Front
b) Air Mass
c) Current
d) Jet Stream

a cold air mass meets and moves under a warm air mass; brings thunderstorms
a) Warm Front
b) Cold Front
c) Stationary Front
d) Front

a warm air mass meets and moves over a cold air mass; brings clouds and light rain
a) Stationary Front
b) Front
c) Cold Front
d) Warm Front

forms when two air masses meet and stop moving; brings lasting rain
a) Warm Front
b) Cold Front
c) Stationary Front
d) Front

a large storm that brings strong winds and heavy rain
a) Hurricane
b) Jet Stream
c) El Nino
d) La Nina

a flow of air or water in a certain direction
a) Air Mass
b) Jet Stream
c) Current
d) Prevailing Westerlies

an air current in the upper atmosphere that flows from west to east
a) Prevailing Westerlies
b) Global Wind
c) Gulf Stream
d) Jet Stream

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

an unusual warming of the surface water of the Pacific Ocean near the equator
a) El Nino
b) La Nina
c) Hurricane
d) Jet Stream

an unusual cooling of the surface water of the Pacific Ocean near the equator
a) High Pressure System
b) El Nino
c) La Nina
d) Prevailing Westerlies

moves great distances over the globe; predictable and stable; also called atmospheric circulations
a) Land Breeze
b) Sea Breeze
c) Prevailing Westerlies
d) Global Wind

winds that occur between 30° and 60° in both hemispheres; blow from west to east; blow towards the poles; global winds
a) Global Wind
b) Prevailing Westerlies
c) Sea Breeze
d) Land Breeze

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) Land Breeze
b) Sea Breeze
c) Prevailing Westerlies
d) Global Wind

a convection current where air flows from land to sea during the nighttime; a local wind
a) Land Breeze
b) Sea Breeze
c) Prevailing Westerlies
d) Global Wind

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) High Pressure System
d) Cold Front

a whirling mass of warm, moist air; brings storms, strong winds, and changing, unstable weather; rotate counterclockwise
a) Warm Front
b) Current
c) High Pressure System
d) Low Pressure System

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