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