Weather and Atmosphere

What tool do you measure air pressure with?

• anemometer
• psychrometer
• barometer
• thermometer

True or False:  The Troposphere is the layer of the atmosphere which storms are formed in. (if False, change the red word to make it true)

• True
• False, Stratosphere
• False, Mesosphere
• False, Thermosphere

Which element is most common in the atmosphere?

• Carbon
• Oxygen
• Nitrogen
• Hydrogen

The global wind which we live in is the

• Westerlies
  
• Jet Stream
  
• Trade winds
  
• Polar easterlies
  

When warm air rises and cools high in the atmosphere and then descends to the earth creates _________ currents

• ocean
• radiation
• conduction
• convection

The lowest layer of the atmosphere, this is also where weather occurs.

• Exosphere
• Mesosphere
• Troposphere
• Stratosphere

Air is composed of 21% of this element.

• Carbon Dioxide
• Nitrogen
• Oxygen
• Water Vapor

The _______  in the Stratosphere protects us from harmful UV rays.

• aurora
• weather
• convection currents
• ozone

A measure of the amount of water vapor in the air is called what?

• precipitation
• dew point
• relative humidity
• transpiration

What layer of the atmosphere is the aurora located?

• Exosphere
• Thermosphere
• Stratosphre
• Mesosphere