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WEATHER Assessment Part 1
Contribué par: Carlson
(Auteur original: Trieu)
  • 1. the layer of the atmosphere in which we live
A) troposphere
B) exosphere
C) mesosphere
D) thermosphere
  • 2. A layer in the stratosphere that traps the sun's heat.
A) dead zone
B) ozone
C) meso-zone
D) strato-zone
  • 3. the layers of the atmosphere are determined by
A) temperature
B) altitude
C) air pressure
D) size
  • 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) rain gauge
D) water bottle
  • 8. air pressure is measured by
A) barometer
B) hygrometer
C) anemometer
D) wind vane
  • 9. where two air masses meet
A) vortex
B) front
C) mass-meeting
D) tropical
  • 10. scientist who studies weather & the atmosphere
A) meteorologist
B) mad scientist
C) predictor
D) weatherologist
  • 11. severe weather is most often caused by a
A) no front
B) warm front
C) stationary front
D) cold front
  • 12. wispy clouds high in the atmosphere
A) cirrus
B) cumulus
C) nimbus
D) stratus
  • 13. white fluffy clouds
A) stratus
B) cumulus
C) nimbus
D) cirrus
  • 14. huge thunder clouds
A) cumulonimbus
B) cirrus
C) stratus
D) cumulus
  • 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 tropical
C) maritime tropical
D) continental polar
  • 17. the layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs
A) ozone
B) mesosphere
C) troposphere
D) thermosphere
  • 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) atmosphere
B) biosphere
C) hydrosphere
D) geosphere
  • 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 wet
C) warm and dry
D) cold and dry
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