WEATHER Assessment Part 1
  • 1. the layer of the atmosphere in which we live
A) mesosphere
B) troposphere
C) exosphere
D) thermosphere
  • 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) temperature
C) size
D) air pressure
  • 4. temperature is measured by
A) anemometer
B) barometer
C) hydrometer
D) thermometer
  • 5. wind speed is measured by
A) thermometer
B) hygrometer
C) barometer
D) anemometer
  • 6. wind DIRECTION is indicated by
A) barometer
B) wind vane
C) anemometer
D) thermometer
  • 7. rain is measured by
A) fogometer
B) rain stick
C) rain gauge
D) water bottle
  • 8. air pressure is measured by
A) hygrometer
B) barometer
C) anemometer
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) cold front
C) warm front
D) no front
  • 12. wispy clouds high in the atmosphere
A) nimbus
B) cumulus
C) stratus
D) cirrus
  • 13. white fluffy clouds
A) stratus
B) cumulus
C) nimbus
D) cirrus
  • 14. huge thunder clouds
A) cumulonimbus
B) cirrus
C) stratus
D) cumulus
  • 15. low dark clouds, sometimes in layers
A) stratus
B) cirrus
C) cumulonimbus
D) cumulus
  • 16. air mass that is wet and warm
A) continental polar
B) maritime tropical
C) continental tropical
D) maritime polar
  • 17. the layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs
A) ozone
B) troposphere
C) thermosphere
D) mesosphere
  • 18. warm air moves over cold air (because it's less dense)
A) warm front
B) none of these
C) stationary front
D) cold front
  • 19. the gases that surround the Earth
A) hydrosphere
B) biosphere
C) atmosphere
D) geosphere
  • 20. the layers of the atmosphere are all the same temperature
A) true
B) false
  • 21. maritime polar air masses are
A) cold and wet
B) warm and dry
C) warm and wet
D) cold and dry
  • 22. continental tropical air masses are
A) warm and dry
B) cold and dry
C) warm and wet
D) cold and wet
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