Weather & Meteorology Context Clues

Questions

1. MultiChoice

   Based on the sentence: 'The meteorologist checked the barometer to measure dropping air pressure before the storm,' what is a 'barometer'?

2. MultiChoice

   Based on the sentence: 'High humidity made the summer air feel heavy, muggy, and full of moisture,' what is 'humidity'?

3. MultiChoice

   Based on the sentence: 'The spinning cups of the anemometer measured wind speed during the gusty storm,' what is an 'anemometer'?

4. MultiChoice

   Based on the sentence: 'A trained meteorologist analyzed radar maps to forecast tomorrow's weather,' what is a 'meteorologist'?

5. MultiChoice

   Based on the sentence: 'A cold air mass moving down from Canada brought frigid temperatures to the region,' what is an 'air mass'?

6. MultiChoice

   Based on the sentence: 'Weather maps use curved lines called isobars to connect regions with equal air pressure,' what is an 'isobar'?

7. MultiChoice

   Based on the sentence: 'The atmosphere surrounds Earth with gases that protect us from solar radiation,' what is the 'atmosphere'?

8. MultiChoice

   Based on the sentence: 'The intense tropical cyclone rotated rapidly around a center of low pressure,' what is a 'cyclone'?

9. MultiChoice

   Based on the sentence: 'The desert's arid climate means it receives very little rain year after year,' what does 'climate' mean?

10. MultiChoice

    Based on the sentence: 'The evening news weather forecast predicted sunny skies for the weekend,' what is a 'forecast'?

11. MultiChoice

    Based on the sentence: 'When overnight air dropped to the dew point, water drops condensed on grass blades,' what is the 'dew point'?

12. MultiChoice

    Based on the sentence: 'Rainstorms formed along the cold front where cold air bumped into warm air,' what is a weather 'front'?