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

Dibuat dengan That Quiz — situs tes matematika untuk siswa dari semua tingkat kelas.