WEATHER Assessment Part 1
  • 1. the layer of the atmosphere in which we live
A) exosphere
B) troposphere
C) thermosphere
D) mesosphere
  • 2. A layer in the stratosphere that traps the sun's heat.
A) meso-zone
B) strato-zone
C) dead zone
D) ozone
  • 3. the layers of the atmosphere are determined by
A) size
B) altitude
C) air pressure
D) temperature
  • 4. temperature is measured by
A) thermometer
B) barometer
C) anemometer
D) hydrometer
  • 5. wind speed is measured by
A) barometer
B) anemometer
C) hygrometer
D) thermometer
  • 6. wind DIRECTION is indicated by
A) thermometer
B) wind vane
C) anemometer
D) barometer
  • 7. rain is measured by
A) water bottle
B) rain stick
C) fogometer
D) rain gauge
  • 8. air pressure is measured by
A) anemometer
B) wind vane
C) barometer
D) hygrometer
  • 9. where two air masses meet
A) tropical
B) vortex
C) mass-meeting
D) front
  • 10. scientist who studies weather & the atmosphere
A) meteorologist
B) mad scientist
C) predictor
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) cirrus
B) cumulus
C) nimbus
D) stratus
  • 13. white fluffy clouds
A) nimbus
B) cirrus
C) stratus
D) cumulus
  • 14. huge thunder clouds
A) cumulonimbus
B) cirrus
C) cumulus
D) stratus
  • 15. low dark clouds, sometimes in layers
A) stratus
B) cumulonimbus
C) cumulus
D) cirrus
  • 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) troposphere
B) mesosphere
C) ozone
D) thermosphere
  • 18. warm air moves over cold air (because it's less dense)
A) none of these
B) warm front
C) stationary front
D) cold front
  • 19. the gases that surround the Earth
A) geosphere
B) hydrosphere
C) atmosphere
D) biosphere
  • 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 dry
C) warm and wet
D) cold and dry
  • 22. continental tropical air masses are
A) warm and dry
B) warm and wet
C) cold and dry
D) cold and wet
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