Weather Test
Contributed by: Wedge

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

1.A  2.A  3.C  4.A  5.B  6.B  7.C  8.A  9.B  10.C  
11.A  12.C  13.D  14.C  15.A  16.C  17.C  18.B  19.D  20.D  
21.C  22.C  23.C  24.C  25.A  26.B  27.C  28.D  29.B  30.C  
31.D  

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