Atmosphere and Weather Review

Atmosphere and Weather Review

Multiple Choice

What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?

• argon

• carbon dioxide

• nitrogen

• oxygen

Multiple Choice

Why does the troposphere experience the greatest amount of atmospheric pressure compared to the other atmospheric layers?

• It contains a high concentration of gas particles

• It has the highest temperatures

• It produces the ozone layer

• It is the region in which weather occurs

Multiple Choice

The jet stream has which of the following effects on the weather patterns in North America?

• Warm air is kept from moving northward.

• Winters tend to be warmer at high altitudes.

• Air masses tend to move from west to east.

• A region with little or no rain is created in the west.

Multiple Choice

Which condition is associated with MOST warm fronts?

• violent air mass collisions

• low temperatures

• tornado formations

• cloud formations bringing precipitation

Multiple Choice

List the layers of Earth's atmosphere in order of increasing altitude.

• exosphere, mesosphere, ionosphere, trosphere

• troposphere, stratosphere, ozone layer, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere

• exosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere

• troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere

Multiple Choice

What is the effect of unequal heating of Earth's surface?

• wind

• greenhouse effect

• ocean tides

• Coriolis effect

Multiple Choice

Which atmospheric layer do most weather events occur?

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• troposphere

• thermosphere

Multiple Choice

The warmest layer of the atmosphere is the

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• troposphere

• thermosphere

Multiple Choice

How do the conditions for a tornado differ from the conditions for a hurricane?

• Tornadoes generally form over land, while hurricanes form over bodies of water.

• Tornadoes from under low pressure, while hurricanes form under high pressure.

• Tornadoes never form when there is rain, while hurricanes always form with rain.

• Tornadoes form in a stable atmosphere, while hurricanes form in an unstable atmosphere.

Multiple Choice

The upward movement of warm air and the downward movement of cool air is called a

• sea breeze

• conduction path

• global wind

• convection current

Multiple Choice

What type of clouds usually produce thunderstorms?

• stratus clouds

• cumulus clouds

• cumulonimbus clouds

• cirrus clouds

Multiple Choice

Clouds form when humid air is cooled to

• the condensation point

• 30 degrees Celsius

• the dew point

• 0 degrees Celsius

Multiple Choice

Which type of air mass brings cool, humid weather to the West Coast of the United States?

• maritime tropical

• continental polar

• continental tropical

• maritime polar

Multiple Choice

When two cool air masses cut a warm air mass off from the ground, which kind of front forms?

• cold

• occluded

• stationary

• warm

Multiple Choice

Land and sea breezes are created by the unequal heating of the land and water. Which heats up and cools down faster than the other?

• land

• sea

• neither

• both

Multiple Choice

What kind of weather does a stationary front bring?

• severe storms

• drizzly rain followed by clear weather

• many days of cloudy, wet weather

• cold, dry weather

Multiple Choice

What kind of weather does a cold front usually bring?

• sunny

• stormy

• warm

• windy

Multiple Choice

Prevailing winds that travel to a region across a large body of water would probably make the region's climate...

• cooler

• warmer

• wetter

• drier