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