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