Weather 1 Review

When precipitation is falling too fast for it to sink into the ground, it becomes--

• Surface-water flow
• Groundwater flow
• Precipitative flow
• Subterranean flow

What causes the various forms of precipitation?

• Air pressure
• Size of cloud
• Temperature
• Density of cloud

What is the process called in which plants release water vapor into the air?

• Condensation
• Transpiration
• Precipitation
• Run-off

Dew and frost are both examples of which process?

• Precipitation
• Transpiration
• Evaporation
• Condensation

Where is air pressure the highest?

• On top of a mountain
• Skydiving in the Troposphere
• In the exosphere
• Near the surface of Earth

Which layer of Earth's atmosphere has the coldest temperatures?

• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere
• Stratosphere
• Troposphere

Which layer of Earth's atmosphere has the ozone layer in it?

• Mesosphere
• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Thermosphere

Which layer of Earth's atmosphere has the International Space Station and satellites orbiting in it?

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Troposphere

• Thermosphere

What are the two most abundant gases in the atmosphere?

• Nitrogen and Oxygen
• Water vapor and Carbon dioxide
• Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide
• Nitrogen and Water vapor

What are the layered clouds that spread across the sky covering a large area?

• Cumulus
• Stratus
• Cirrus
• Cumulonimbus