Weather Review 2019

What happens to temperature as you go higher in the troposphere?

• It gets colder

• it gets warmer

• it stays the same

As you go higher in the stratosphere, the temperature gets

• colder

• warmer

• stays the same

What happens to temperature as you go higher in the mesosphere?

• It gets warmer

• It stays the same

• It gets colder

As you go higher in the thermosphere, the temperature

• increases

• decreases

Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

• troposphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

• stratosphere

What two gases are important for weather and are only found in the troposphere?

• nitrogen and oxygen

• argon and helium

• sulfur and carbon

• carbon dioxide and water vapor

In which layer of the atmosphere is air pressure the greatest?

• exosphere

• thermosphere

• troposphere

• stratosphere

In what processes of the water cycle does water vapor enter the atmosphere?

• precipitation and condensation

• evaporation and transpiration

• surface runoff and groundwater flow

• condensation and percolation

What process in the water cycle forms clouds?

• condensation

• evaporation

• transpiration

• percolation

When stratus clouds cover the whole sky and get thicker, what do they bring?

• precipitation

• fair weather

• a warm front

• a drought