Climate Quiz: How Well Do You Know?

1. A period of below-average rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.

Dry spell

Drought

Monsoon

Greenhouse gas

2. The pressure caused by the weight of the atmosphere above an area.

Drought

Rain

Cloud

Air pressure

3. The pressure caused by the weight of the atmosphere above an area.

Jet stream

Monsoon

Air pressure

Wind

4. Large, destructive waves generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean.

Typhoon

Monsoon

Tsunami

Cyclone

5. A region of the stratosphere, between 15 and 30 kilometers in altitude, containing a relatively high concentration of ozone; it absorbs most solar ultraviolet radiation.

Ozone layer

Atmosphere

Cloud

Jet stream

6. Movement of air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.

Rain

Cloud

Sky

Wind

7. Changes in the Earth's weather patterns, especially those said to be produced by global warming.

Greenhouse gas

Wind

Climate change

Ozone layer

8. Any matter moving or falling, usually through the air, and especially if liquid.

Wind

Cloud

Cyclone

Rain

9. A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.

Rain

Cloud

Tsunami

Monsoon

10. Any of the high-speed, high-altitude air currents that circle the Earth in a westerly direction.

Cyclone

Jet stream

Atmosphere

Air pressure

11. A system of winds rotating around a center of low atmospheric pressure.

Typhoon

Monsoon

Tsunami

Cyclone

12. Any gas, such as carbon dioxide or CFCs that contribute to the _______ effect when released into the atmosphere.

Climate change

Ozone layer depletion

Greenhouse gas

Climate

13. The tropical rainy season when the rain lasts for several months with few interruptions.

Typhoon

Monsoon

Tsunami

Cyclone

14. The gases surrounding the Earth.

Greenhouse gas

Monsoon

Atmosphere

Jet stream

15. A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane, which results in wind speeds of 64 knots(118km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia/Australia.

Typhoon

Monsoon

Tsunami

Cyclone

Climate Quiz: How Well Do You Know?

1. A period of below-average rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.

2.

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2. The pressure caused by the weight of the atmosphere above an area.

3. The pressure caused by the weight of the atmosphere above an area.

4. Large, destructive waves generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean.

5. A region of the stratosphere, between 15 and 30 kilometers in altitude, containing a relatively high concentration of ozone; it absorbs most solar ultraviolet radiation.

6. Movement of air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.

7. Changes in the Earth's weather patterns, especially those said to be produced by global warming.

8. Any matter moving or falling, usually through the air, and especially if liquid.

9. A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.

10. Any of the high-speed, high-altitude air currents that circle the Earth in a westerly direction.

11. A system of winds rotating around a center of low atmospheric pressure.

12. Any gas, such as carbon dioxide or CFCs that contribute to the _______ effect when released into the atmosphere.

13. The tropical rainy season when the rain lasts for several months with few interruptions.

14. The gases surrounding the Earth.

15. A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane, which results in wind speeds of 64 knots(118km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia/Australia.