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