6th grade weather study guide 1
  • 1. measures wind speed
A) dew point
B) exosphere
C) anemometer
D) humidity
  • 2. the temperature at which air is saturated and condensation forms
A) anemometer
B) troposphere
C) humidity
D) dew point
  • 3. The amount of water vapor present in the air
A) water vapor
B) anemometer
C) wind
D) humidity
  • 4. The current condition of the atmosphere including cloud cover, temperature, wind speed and direction, humidity and air pressure
A) stratosphere
B) dew point
C) anemometer
D) weather
  • 5. Clouds are classified by
A) height and shape
B) height and color
C) size and distance from ground
D) color and size
  • 6. Clouds form as moist air
A) cools and condeses
B) dries and expands
  • 7. boundary between earth and space
A) troposphere
B) mesosphere
C) stratosphere
D) exosphere
  • 8. hottest layer
A) stratosphere
B) troposphere
C) exosphere
D) thermospere
  • 9. Meteors burn here
A) troposphere
B) mesosphere
C) thermosphere
D) stratosphere
  • 10. the ozone layer is here
A) mesosphere
B) exosphere
C) stratosphere
D) troposphere
  • 11. Weather happens and we live here
A) stratosphere
B) troposphere
C) stratosphere
D) mesosphere
  • 12. water that is gas
A) water cycle
B) liquid
C) water vapor
D) solid
  • 13. evaporation-condensation-precipitation
A) troposphere
B) water cycle
C) water vapor
D) mesosphere
  • 14. occurs because of pressure differences in the air
A) wind
B) troposphere
C) exosphere
D) water cycle
  • 15. layers of gases that surround a planet
A) stratosphere
B) exosphere
C) thermosphere
D) atmosphere
  • 16. visible water on Earth's surface
A) surface water
B) water cycle
C) humidity
D) water vapor
  • 17. temperature at which air is saturated and condensation forms
A) mesosphere
B) exosphere
C) stratosphere
D) dew point
  • 18. rain, sleet, snow, hail
A) thermosphere
B) mesosphere
C) dew point
D) precipitation
  • 19. process of going from a liquid to a gas
A) exosphere
B) troposphere
C) evaporation
D) saturation
  • 20. 97% of the Earth's water is in the
A) oceans
B) air
C) ice caps at the poles
D) people
  • 21. which one is not a state of water
A) gas
B) gelified
C) liquid
D) solid
  • 22. a person who forcasts the weather
A) coologist
B) meterologist
C) sciencologist
D) biologist
  • 23. when water droplets form around dust particles and become heavy enought to fall out of the clouds
A) anemometer
B) water vapor
C) water cycle
D) precipitation
  • 24. name of cloud that produces thunderstorms
A) cumulonimbus
B) stratus
C) troposphere
D) exosphere
  • 25. Which one is not a level of clouds
A) vertical
B) middle
C) low
D) horizontal
  • 26. a stratrus cloud that forms near the ground
A) fog
B) exosphere
C) mesosphere
D) sleet
  • 27. the amount of water vapor in the air
A) humidity
B) exosphere
C) stratosphere
D) water cycle
  • 28. weather is caused by the interaction of all of these except
A) air
B) sun/heat
C) water
D) time
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