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Weather Words Vocabulary Quiz
Question: Which of these terms is used to describe periodic wind and heavy rainfall in and around India?
Answer:
Monsoon
can be traced back to the Arabic word for “season.” Most of the rainfall during the monsoon season happens during June and July, dropping as much as 200 inches of rain on parts of India.
Question: What is the difference between fog and mist?
Answer: Both fog and mist are made of water suspended in air. If visibility is limited to 0.62 mile, or 1 kilometer, it is labeled fog. If you can see farther than that?but less than 6.8 miles, or 11 kilometers?it is mist.
Question: Responsible for heavy rainfall in parts of the U.S., the warm water buildup off the west coast of South America in December is called what?
Answer: Peruvian fishermen named this phenomenon El Nino de Navidad, a reference to Jesus as the Christ Child, because it happened during Christmastime. Rain clouds form over the warm water and move inland, dumping precipitation on South and Central America and the United States.
Question: A sailing ship that is in the doldrums is most likely experiencing…
Answer: The doldrums are a period of listlessness and despondency. A sailing ship in the doldrums is in a part of the ocean near the Equator where winds are calm and ships make little headway.
Question: Most of Earth’s weather happens in the lowest part of the atmosphere, known as the…
Answer: The troposphere starts at Earth’s surface and reaches about 6?11 miles up to the bottom of the stratosphere.
Tropo-
here means “change,” reflecting the fluctuations in weather.
Question: What does an anemometer measure?
Answer: Many anemometers measure wind direction as well as wind speed.
Question: Which of these is an example of crepuscular rays?
Answer:
Crepuscular
is often used to describe animals active at twilight, but it also refers to the beautiful shafts of light that shine through breaks in the clouds just after sunset.
Question: Primarily experienced in Sudan, haboobs often consist of which of the following?
Answer: A haboob is a sudden, violent dust storm or sandstorm that can move as a dense wall more than 3,300 feet tall. Although mostly occurring in Sudan and at the southern edge of the Sahara, haboobs are also seen in arid parts of North America, such as Arizona and Texas.
Question: Lenticular clouds are often said to resemble what?
Answer: Lenticular clouds are rare and are frequently mistaken for UFOs.
Lenticular
means “having the shape of a double-convex lens,” a form that could also describe “flying saucers.” Both
lenticular
and
lens
are derived from the Latin word for “lentil.”
Question: Named for a Greek god, which of these is a term for a gentle breeze?
Answer: Poets and playwrights from Geoffrey Chaucer to William Shakespeare have invoked Zephyrus, the Greek god of the west wind, when describing a gentle breeze as a zephyr.
Question: Which of the following is a synonym for
rime
?
Answer: In addition to describing regular frost,
rime
can also be defined as “an accumulation of granular ice tufts on the windward sides of exposed objects that is formed from supercooled fog or cloud and built out directly against the wind.”
Question: Parhelion is an optical illusion involving which of the following?
Answer: Derived from the Greek
para
(“beside”) and
h?lios
(“sun”), parhelion appears to be a bright spot to the left or right of the Sun (or both) caused by light shining through ice crystals in the air. Parhelions can also be called sun dogs or mock suns.
Question: The term for a windstorm that causes damage similar to that of a tornado,
derecho
means what in Spanish?
Answer: While both types of storms can cause massive destruction, a derecho’s winds travel in a straight line as opposed to having the rotation of a tornado. Though a derecho’s top wind speed is less than a tornado’s, its duration is far greater.
Question: Which term is used to describe rows of rippling cirrocumulus clouds covering the sky?
Answer: The ripples of cirrocumulus clouds are said to resemble the scaly skin of a mackerel. These clouds usually accompany fair weather but signal that rain may be on the way, inspiring a bit of homespun wisdom: “Mackerel sky, not twenty-four hours dry.”
Question: Sometimes referred to as “jellyfish clouds,”
virga
describes what weather phenomenon?
Answer: Latin for “rod” or “branch,”
virga
appears as light wisps attached to the bottom of clouds, similar to the tentacles of a jellyfish. These are trails of precipitation that pass through warm or dry air and evaporate before hitting the ground.
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