Weather And Climate

Question 1

Barometer

Answer 1

an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in forecasting the weather and determining altitude

Question 2

Barometric Pressure

Answer 2

the pressure exerted by the weight of the atmosphere

Question 3

Cirrus Cloud

Answer 3

a genus of atmospheric cloud generally characterized by thin wispy strands

Question 4

Climate

Answer 4

The weather conditions prevailing in an area

Question 5

Cloud

Answer 5

Visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground

Question 6

Drought

Answer 6

prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall a shortage of water

Question 7

Dew Point

Answer 7

The atmospheric temperature in which dew starts to form

Question 8

Cumulonimbus Cloud

Answer 8

dense towering vertical cloud associated with thunderstorms and atmospheric instability, forming from water vapor carried by powerful upward air currents

Question 9

Cumulus clouds

Answer 9

cloud forming rounded masses heaped on each other above a flat base at fairly low altitude

Question 10

Forecast

Answer 10

Predict or estimate

Question 11

Front

Answer 11

the side or part of an object that presents itself to view or that is normally seen or used first the most forward part of something.

Question 12

Funnel

Answer 12

A rotating funnel-shaped cloud forming the core of a tornado or waterspout.

Question 13

Hall

Answer 13

An area in a building onto which rooms open

Question 14

Air Pressure

Answer 14

air pressure is the force exerted onto a surface by the weight of the air

Question 15

Hurricane

Answer 15

a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean

Question 16

Meteorology

Answer 16

the branch of science concerned with the processes and phenomena of the atmosphere, especially as a means of forecasting the weather.

Question 17

Thunder

Answer 17

a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air

Question 18

Thunderstorm

Answer 18

a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air.

Question 19

Tornado

Answer 19

mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system

Question 20

Tropical Depression

Answer 20

forms when a low pressure area is accompanied by thunderstorms that produce a circular wind flow with maximum sustained winds below 39mph

Question 21

Typhoon

Answer 21

a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans

Question 22

Weather

Answer 22

the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc