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