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