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