Weather - Key Vocabulary Quiz

What is the bottom layer of the atmosphere called?

(It contains 90% of the air.)

• Lithosphere

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

• Hydrosphere

Earth's ________ includes interesting landforms, like mountains and volcanoes.

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Mesosphere

The gases that surround Earth or another planet.

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Mesosphere

• Atmosphere

When we're driving in the rain, ______ occurs as water vapor touches the windows and fogs them up.

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• imagination

An outer layer of the Earth's atmosphere, in which temperature increases with height.

• Lithosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• Hydrosphere

To change from a gas or vapor to a liquid.

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• hydration

Which word is an antonym for condense?

• precipitate

• atmosphere

• evaporate

• hydrosphere

The lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere, where most cloud formations and weather occur.

• Lithosphere

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

The _______ absorbs some of the sun's rays, protecting the layers in the atmosphere below.

• Mesosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Troposphere

• Thermosphere

The plane traveled up through the troposphere and into the ______.

• Troposphere

• Thermosphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere