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