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