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