Weather

What is the most abundant gas found in the atmosphere?

• Carbon Dioxide
• Nitrogen
• Oxygen
• Water Vapor

What kind of weather is usually associated with a low pressure system?

• Sunny weather
• Precipitation (rain, snow, etc.)

What kind of weather is usually associated with a high pressure system?

• Sunny weather
• Precipitation (rain, snow, etc.)

In what direction do winds always blow?

• From areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure
• From areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure

What layer does weather occur in?

• mesosphere
• troposphere
• thermosphere
• stratosphere

Where is the ozone layer located?

• Thermosphere
• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere

Cold and warm masses meet, but neither can move the other is called a ______________________

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

A warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses is called a ________________________.

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

A huge body of air that has similar temperature and humidity at any given height is called an __________________________.

• front
• jet stream
• air mass
• cyclone

Which of the following air masses would be characterized as warm and dry?

• Maritime tropical
• Continental tropical
• Maritime polar
• Continental polar