Climate Quiz

A person who studies climate (weather conditions of an area averaged over a period of time) is called a:

A circular pattern of rising air, sinking air and wind is known as a:

A boundary between two air masses is called a:

The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.

The sum (✻) of all data divided by the number of data points

Global patterns created from the movement of the oceans; such as the Gulf Stream

The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time; Seasonal pattern of weather conditions in an area over many years; does not change rapidly

Air is heavy, lower/cooler temperatures, clear skies, little or no precipitation

Precipitation in the form of ice pellets formed in cumulonimbus clouds during thunderstorms by strong updrafts of wind

Definition: the difference between the highest and lowest scores in a distribution