Match the terms from Unit 5 with their definitions.
Question 1 options:
Heat energy from the sun that travels through space and is absorbed by Earth.
A description of the atmosphere providing the temperature, precipitation, and cloud cover which can change day to day.
Invisible lines that run east to west, parallel to the equator. The most important factor affecting climate.
Air masses meeting at boundaries which can produce severe weather.
The layer of the atmosphere closest to the earth, with the greatest air pressure and where most weather takes place.
Lines of equal pressure that show pressure patterns across an area on a weather map.
Long-term weather patterns based on average temperatures, precipitation, altitude, latitude and ocean currents.
Horizontal air movement due to the differences in air pressure.
A large section of air that has an even temperature, humidity, air pressure, and carries its own weather.
The atmosphere's most abundant gas.
1.
Latitude
2.
Troposphere
3.
Radiation
4.
Longitude
5.
Exosphere
6.
Conduction
7.
Air Masses
8.
Wind
9.
Weather
10.
Climate
11.
Fronts
12.
Oxygen
13.
Nitrogen
14.
Isobars
