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