Atmosphere, Weather, & Climate

Precipitation happens when clouds of water droplets are too ______________.

• cold
• light
• heavy
• hot

Does evaporation happen before or after condensation?

• before
• after
• during

What are the weather conditions in an area over a long period of time?

• climate

• temperature

• elevation

• precipitation

A front is

• where warm air is cooling at earth's surface
• a line where hot and cold air are separating
• a line where two different air masses meet
• where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds

What symbol is this?

• warm front
• cold front
• stationary front
• occluded front

What does this symbol indicate on a weather map? 

• High pressure system
• Low pressure system
• Cold front
• Warm front

This image shows...

• A Sun Current

• La Nina

• El Nino

• Typhoon

The ozone is in the stratosphere layer of the atmosphere. The purpose of the ozone is

• To generate heat for the earth
• To protect earth from the harmful solar radiation
• To produce weather
• To allow satellites to circle the earth

Rain, sleet, hail, and freezing rain are all...

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

• percolation

The layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs is the

• thermosphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• troposphere