Weather and Climate

What are the layers of the atmosphere starting closest to Earth's surface.

• Troposphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, exosphere, thermosphere

• Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere

• Mesosphere, thermosphere, stratosphere, exosphere, troposphere

Heat reaches the sun through __________________.

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

Large clouds that can produce thunderstorms are called __________________________.

• Cirrocumulus

• Altostratus

• Cumulonimbus

Heat transfer by touch

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

As you climb a mountain air pressure ______________________

• Increases

• decreases

• stays the same

The boundary between two air masses is called ...

• a front

• precipitation

• relative humidity

The layer of the atmosphere where you find the Ozone

• Troposphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

In which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• thermosphere

Scientists who study weather are called _______________________

• geologists

• Forecasters

• meteorologists

The atmosphere is

• an envelope of gases that surround Earth

• an envelope of oxygen surrounding the Universe

• a thick layer of nitrogen