WEATHER Assessment Part 1
  • 1. the layer of the atmosphere in which we live
A) mesosphere
B) exosphere
C) troposphere
D) thermosphere
  • 2. A layer in the stratosphere that traps the sun's heat.
A) ozone
B) strato-zone
C) meso-zone
D) dead zone
  • 3. the layers of the atmosphere are determined by
A) air pressure
B) temperature
C) altitude
D) size
  • 4. temperature is measured by
A) thermometer
B) barometer
C) anemometer
D) hydrometer
  • 5. wind speed is measured by
A) hygrometer
B) barometer
C) anemometer
D) thermometer
  • 6. wind DIRECTION is indicated by
A) anemometer
B) barometer
C) thermometer
D) wind vane
  • 7. rain is measured by
A) rain gauge
B) water bottle
C) fogometer
D) rain stick
  • 8. air pressure is measured by
A) anemometer
B) hygrometer
C) barometer
D) wind vane
  • 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) meteorologist
D) predictor
  • 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) cumulus
B) cirrus
C) nimbus
D) stratus
  • 13. white fluffy clouds
A) nimbus
B) cumulus
C) stratus
D) cirrus
  • 14. huge thunder clouds
A) cumulonimbus
B) cirrus
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) maritime polar
B) continental tropical
C) continental polar
D) maritime tropical
  • 17. the layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs
A) mesosphere
B) ozone
C) troposphere
D) thermosphere
  • 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) atmosphere
B) hydrosphere
C) geosphere
D) biosphere
  • 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) warm and wet
C) cold and dry
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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