WEATHER Assessment Part 1
  • 1. the layer of the atmosphere in which we live
A) mesosphere
B) troposphere
C) exosphere
D) thermosphere
  • 2. A layer in the stratosphere that traps the sun's heat.
A) ozone
B) meso-zone
C) dead zone
D) strato-zone
  • 3. the layers of the atmosphere are determined by
A) size
B) altitude
C) air pressure
D) temperature
  • 4. temperature is measured by
A) anemometer
B) hydrometer
C) thermometer
D) barometer
  • 5. wind speed is measured by
A) hygrometer
B) thermometer
C) barometer
D) anemometer
  • 6. wind DIRECTION is indicated by
A) barometer
B) thermometer
C) wind vane
D) anemometer
  • 7. rain is measured by
A) water bottle
B) rain gauge
C) rain stick
D) fogometer
  • 8. air pressure is measured by
A) hygrometer
B) barometer
C) wind vane
D) anemometer
  • 9. where two air masses meet
A) vortex
B) front
C) mass-meeting
D) tropical
  • 10. scientist who studies weather & the atmosphere
A) predictor
B) weatherologist
C) mad scientist
D) meteorologist
  • 11. severe weather is most often caused by a
A) warm front
B) stationary front
C) cold front
D) no front
  • 12. wispy clouds high in the atmosphere
A) stratus
B) cumulus
C) cirrus
D) nimbus
  • 13. white fluffy clouds
A) cumulus
B) nimbus
C) cirrus
D) stratus
  • 14. huge thunder clouds
A) cumulus
B) cumulonimbus
C) stratus
D) cirrus
  • 15. low dark clouds, sometimes in layers
A) cirrus
B) cumulus
C) cumulonimbus
D) stratus
  • 16. air mass that is wet and warm
A) maritime polar
B) continental polar
C) continental tropical
D) maritime tropical
  • 17. the layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs
A) ozone
B) troposphere
C) thermosphere
D) mesosphere
  • 18. warm air moves over cold air (because it's less dense)
A) warm front
B) stationary 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) warm and dry
B) warm and wet
C) cold and dry
D) cold and wet
  • 22. continental tropical air masses are
A) warm and dry
B) cold and wet
C) warm and wet
D) cold and dry
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