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