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