WEATHER Assessment Part 1
  • 1. the layer of the atmosphere in which we live
A) thermosphere
B) troposphere
C) mesosphere
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) size
B) altitude
C) air pressure
D) temperature
  • 4. temperature is measured by
A) hydrometer
B) thermometer
C) anemometer
D) barometer
  • 5. wind speed is measured by
A) thermometer
B) barometer
C) hygrometer
D) anemometer
  • 6. wind DIRECTION is indicated by
A) wind vane
B) anemometer
C) barometer
D) thermometer
  • 7. rain is measured by
A) rain stick
B) water bottle
C) fogometer
D) rain gauge
  • 8. air pressure is measured by
A) anemometer
B) barometer
C) wind vane
D) hygrometer
  • 9. where two air masses meet
A) front
B) tropical
C) vortex
D) mass-meeting
  • 10. scientist who studies weather & the atmosphere
A) mad scientist
B) meteorologist
C) weatherologist
D) predictor
  • 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) cumulus
B) stratus
C) nimbus
D) cirrus
  • 14. huge thunder clouds
A) stratus
B) cumulus
C) cumulonimbus
D) cirrus
  • 15. low dark clouds, sometimes in layers
A) cumulus
B) stratus
C) cumulonimbus
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) ozone
B) thermosphere
C) troposphere
D) mesosphere
  • 18. warm air moves over cold air (because it's less dense)
A) stationary front
B) warm front
C) none of these
D) cold front
  • 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) false
B) true
  • 21. maritime polar air masses are
A) cold and wet
B) cold and dry
C) warm and wet
D) warm and dry
  • 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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