WEATHER Assessment Part 1
  • 1. the layer of the atmosphere in which we live
A) thermosphere
B) troposphere
C) mesosphere
D) exosphere
  • 2. A layer in the stratosphere that traps the sun's heat.
A) ozone
B) strato-zone
C) dead zone
D) meso-zone
  • 3. the layers of the atmosphere are determined by
A) altitude
B) air pressure
C) size
D) temperature
  • 4. temperature is measured by
A) hydrometer
B) anemometer
C) thermometer
D) barometer
  • 5. wind speed is measured by
A) hygrometer
B) thermometer
C) anemometer
D) barometer
  • 6. wind DIRECTION is indicated by
A) wind vane
B) anemometer
C) thermometer
D) barometer
  • 7. rain is measured by
A) rain stick
B) water bottle
C) fogometer
D) rain gauge
  • 8. air pressure is measured by
A) anemometer
B) hygrometer
C) barometer
D) wind vane
  • 9. where two air masses meet
A) tropical
B) front
C) mass-meeting
D) vortex
  • 10. scientist who studies weather & the atmosphere
A) mad scientist
B) predictor
C) weatherologist
D) meteorologist
  • 11. severe weather is most often caused by a
A) stationary front
B) no front
C) warm front
D) cold front
  • 12. wispy clouds high in the atmosphere
A) nimbus
B) cumulus
C) stratus
D) cirrus
  • 13. white fluffy clouds
A) nimbus
B) cirrus
C) stratus
D) cumulus
  • 14. huge thunder clouds
A) cumulus
B) cumulonimbus
C) cirrus
D) stratus
  • 15. low dark clouds, sometimes in layers
A) cirrus
B) stratus
C) cumulus
D) cumulonimbus
  • 16. air mass that is wet and warm
A) maritime tropical
B) continental polar
C) continental tropical
D) maritime polar
  • 17. the layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs
A) troposphere
B) mesosphere
C) ozone
D) thermosphere
  • 18. warm air moves over cold air (because it's less dense)
A) warm front
B) cold front
C) stationary front
D) none of these
  • 19. the gases that surround the Earth
A) geosphere
B) hydrosphere
C) biosphere
D) atmosphere
  • 20. the layers of the atmosphere are all the same temperature
A) true
B) false
  • 21. maritime polar air masses are
A) cold and dry
B) warm and dry
C) cold and wet
D) warm and wet
  • 22. continental tropical air masses are
A) cold and wet
B) warm and wet
C) warm and dry
D) cold and dry
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