Weather 1

What is the process in which the sun heats water and changes it into vapor?

• Precipitation
• Condensation
• Evaporation
• Transpiration

Where does weather occur?

• Thermosphere
• Troposphere
• Mesosphere
• Stratosphere

What is the effect of the sun's energy when it is absorbed by different surfaces on the earth?

• The ocean heats faster than the land
• the land and the ocean release heat at the same rate.
• The land and the ocean heat at the same rate
• The land heats up faster than the ocean

What are the two main gasses found in the atmosphere?

• Ozone/Notrogen
• Carbon/Notrogen
• Nitrogen/Oxygen
• Carbon/Oxygen

What is the process where water vapor changes from gas to liquid in the water cycle?

• condensation
• Precipitation
• Transpiration
• Evaporation

What is the study of weather over a long period of time called?

• Meteorology
• Climatology
• Precipitology
• Oceanography

Where do airplanes fly in Earth's Atmosphere?

• Mesophere
• Thermosphere
• Stratosphere
• Troposphere

What is the process of water vapor escaping from plants?

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Transpiration
• Precipitation

What is the weather instrument that measures rain fall amounts?

• Anemometer
• Rain Gauge
• Barometer
• Sling Psychrometer

Which of the following constantly decreases as altitude constantly increases?

• Temperatures
• Energy
• Pressure
• Speed