WEATHER Assessment Part 1
  • 1. the layer of the atmosphere in which we live
A) thermosphere
B) mesosphere
C) exosphere
D) troposphere
  • 2. A layer in the stratosphere that traps the sun's heat.
A) dead zone
B) ozone
C) strato-zone
D) meso-zone
  • 3. the layers of the atmosphere are determined by
A) size
B) air pressure
C) altitude
D) temperature
  • 4. temperature is measured by
A) hydrometer
B) anemometer
C) thermometer
D) barometer
  • 5. wind speed is measured by
A) hygrometer
B) anemometer
C) barometer
D) thermometer
  • 6. wind DIRECTION is indicated by
A) thermometer
B) barometer
C) anemometer
D) wind vane
  • 7. rain is measured by
A) water bottle
B) rain gauge
C) fogometer
D) rain stick
  • 8. air pressure is measured by
A) hygrometer
B) barometer
C) anemometer
D) wind vane
  • 9. where two air masses meet
A) tropical
B) vortex
C) front
D) mass-meeting
  • 10. scientist who studies weather & the atmosphere
A) predictor
B) mad scientist
C) meteorologist
D) weatherologist
  • 11. severe weather is most often caused by a
A) warm front
B) cold front
C) stationary front
D) no front
  • 12. wispy clouds high in the atmosphere
A) nimbus
B) cirrus
C) cumulus
D) stratus
  • 13. white fluffy clouds
A) nimbus
B) cirrus
C) cumulus
D) stratus
  • 14. huge thunder clouds
A) stratus
B) cumulus
C) cirrus
D) cumulonimbus
  • 15. low dark clouds, sometimes in layers
A) stratus
B) cirrus
C) cumulonimbus
D) cumulus
  • 16. air mass that is wet and warm
A) maritime polar
B) maritime tropical
C) continental tropical
D) continental polar
  • 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) cold front
D) stationary front
  • 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) cold and wet
B) warm and wet
C) cold and dry
D) warm and dry
  • 22. continental tropical air masses are
A) warm and dry
B) cold and wet
C) cold and dry
D) warm and wet
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