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