Weather Test
  • 1. What tool is used to measure how hot or cold the air is?
A) thermometer
B) barometer
C) rain gauge
D) hygrometer
  • 2. What tool is used to measure the wind speed?
A) satellite
B) hygrometer
C) barometer
D) anemometer
  • 3. What tool is used to measure air pressure?
A) barometer
B) hygrometer
C) thermometer
D) anemometer
  • 4. What tool is used to measure the amount of humidity in the air?
A) thermometer
B) hygrometer
C) barometer
D) anemometer
  • 5. What tool is used to help predict the weather?
A) thermometer
B) hygrometer
C) satellites
D) rain gauge
  • 6. what tool is used to measure the amount of rainfall?
A) rain gauge
B) hygometer
C) thermometer
D) satellite
  • 7. Which clouds are low and gray?
A) cirrus
B) cumulus
C) nimbus
D) stratus
  • 8. Which clouds are puffy?
A) stratus
B) nimbus
C) cumulus
D) cirrus
  • 9. Which clouds would you see on a nice, sunny day?
A) cirrus
B) nimbus
C) stratus
D) cumulus
  • 10. If someone says it is foggy out, you know you can see
A) cirrus clouds
B) stratus clouds
C) nimbus clouds
D) cumulus clouds
  • 11. Which clouds are very high in the sky and look like thin, narrow bands?
A) nimbus
B) cumulus
C) cirrus
D) stratus
  • 12. Which layer of the atmosphere is closest to the earth?
A) Troposphere
B) Exosphere
C) Thermosphere
D) Stratosphere
  • 13. Which layer of the atmosphere is farthest away from earth?
A) Troposphere
B) Mesosphere
C) Exosphere
D) Thermosphere
  • 14. Which layer of the atmosphere do airplanes fly in?
A) Stratosphere
B) Troposphere
C) Mesosphere
D) Thermosphere
  • 15. What controls the flow of water on earth?
A) carbon cycle
B) precipitation
C) condensation
D) water cycle
  • 16. Another name for hail, sleet, and snow is:
A) water cycle
B) precipitation
C) condensation
D) evaporation
  • 17. A person who predicts the weather is called a
A) biologist
B) meteorologist
C) weather predicter
D) news person
  • 18. Weather is determined by all of these EXCEPT:
A) time
B) moisture
C) temperature
D) cloudiness
  • 19. When water vapor _____________ it forms precipitation.
A) warms
B) cools
C) condenses
D) evaporates
  • 20. All of these cause air pollution EXCEPT:
A) steam from water
B) forest fires
C) factory smoke
D) car exhaust
  • 21. Storms that cause lots of damage are called:
A) air pollution
B) wind storms
C) atmosphere
D) violent storms
  • 22. A great winter storm usually with snow and strong winds is called a
A) blizzard
B) hurricane
C) thunderstorm
D) tornado
  • 23. What begins as a tropical storm over warm tropical waters?
A) blizzard
B) thunderstorm
C) tornado
D) hurricane
  • 24. What is a form of precipitation that falls as a liquid?
A) snow
B) rain
C) hail
D) sleet
  • 25. Which layer of the atmosphere will you find clouds?
A) Thermosphere
B) Mesosphere
C) Troposphere
D) Stratosphere
  • 26. Which of these is NOT a solution to air pollution?
A) Make factories illegal
B) clean up factory smoke
C) cut emissions from cars
D) drive vehicles less often
  • 27. Which layer of the atmosphere is considered "outer space?"
A) Troposphere
B) Mesosphere
C) Thermosphere
D) Exosphere
  • 28. Which storm only forms over warm, tropical waters?
A) hurricane
B) blizzard
C) thunderstorm
D) tornado
  • 29. Which storm causes lots of ice and snow?
A) blizzard
B) hurricane
C) tornado
D) thunderstorm
  • 30. What is the name of the group that is trying to cut emissions from cars to help reduce air pollution?
A) CBS
B) EPA
C) MDA
D) APE
  • 31. When water changes to water vapor it, __________.
A) evaporates
B) condenses
C) warms
D) cools
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