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