Science Academic Vocabulary
  • 1. The force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it.
A) Air pressure
B) Unbalanced Forces
C) Barometer
D) Delta
E) Dew Point
  • 2. A device that measures wind speed.
A) Barometer
B) Thermometer
C) Wind Vane
D) Rain Gauge
E) Anemometer
  • 3. A device for measuring air pressure.
A) Anemometer
B) Rain Gauge
C) Thermometer
D) Wind Vane
E) Barometer
  • 4. The curving of the path of a moving object caused by Earth's rotation.
A) Coriolis effect
B) Rotational Effect
C) Axis
D) Revolution
E) Rotation
  • 5. A fan-shaped region formed by deposits of sediments found at the mouth of a river.
A) Deposits
B) Oxbow
C) Weathering
D) Meander
E) Delta
  • 6. The dropping off of bits of eroded rock.
A) Erosion
B) Weathering
C) Winding
D) Deposition
E) Delta
  • 7. The temperature at which a vapor starts to condense
A) rain
B) Dew point
C) air pressure
D) evaporation
E) condensation
  • 8. The picking up and carrying away of pieces of rocks.
A) Weathering
B) Delta
C) Erosion
D) Meander
E) Deposition
  • 9. The amount of water vapor in the air.
A) Dew Point
B) Rain
C) Humidity
D) Water Vapor
E) Hygrometer
  • 10. A long narrow wandering current of high-speed winds blowing from a generally westerly direction several miles above the earth's surface.
A) Sea Breeze
B) Prevailing Winds
C) Jet stream
D) Westerlies
E) Land Breeze
  • 11. Bends or s-shaped curves in a river.
A) Meander
B) Stream
C) Delta
D) Erosion
E) Oxbow
  • 12. Something (as a bend in a river) resembling an oxbow; u-shape.
A) Delta
B) Oxbow
C) Meander
D) Tributaries
E) Stream
  • 13. A wind that blows predominantly from a single general direction.
A) sea breeze
B) land breeze
C) wind vane
D) Prevailing Winds
E) jet stream
  • 14. A map that shows the heights and depths (elevation) and features of a place using contour lines.
A) Aerial map
B) Topographical map
C) Political map
D) physical map
E) Climate map
  • 15. A belt of winds around Earth moving from high pressure zones towards low pressure at the equator.
A) Prevailing Winds
B) sea breeze
C) Jet stream
D) land breeze
E) Trade winds
  • 16. Streams flowing into larger streams or lakes.
A) Tributaries
B) Streams
C) Meanders
D) Oxbows
E) Deltas
  • 17. Zones of transition between two different air masses; boundary separating two masses of air of different densities.
A) Weather front
B) Jet Stream
C) Trade winds
D) Coriolis Effect
E) Air pressure
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