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