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