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