review for Meteorology Test

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

• Exosphere
• Mesosphere
• Troposphere
• Stratosphere

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

• convection
• surface
• deep
• precipitaiton

This type of cloud is a sign of good weather and means heap or pile.

• Cumulus
• stratus
• Cirrus
• Nimbus

_{Which diagram shows the formation of a land breeze?}

• diagram Y
• diagram X
• neither 
• both

^{Which diagram shows the formation of a sea breeze?}

• diagram Y
• diagram X
• neither
• both

What kind of breeze is this and when would it form?

• Land breeze - daytime
• Land breeze - nighttime
• Sea breeze - daytime
• Sea breeze - nighttime

What kind of air rises?

• Cold Air
• Dense Air
• Hot Air
• Sinking Air

What kind of breeze is this & what time of day/night would it form?

• Land breeze - daytime
• Land breeze - nighttime
• Sea breeze - daytime
• Sea breeze - nighttime

Low pressure systems are characterized by

• counterclockwise air flow and cloudy rainy weather
• sunny weather
• clockwise air movement
• calm, clear days

What absorbs ultraviolet rays in the atmosphere?

• troposphere
• stratosphere
• ozone layer
• greenhouse gases