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