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