Test: Weather and Climate

The Earth’s atmosphere has ___ layers.

• 3

• 4

• 5

Which is NOT a layer of the Earth’s atmosphere? 

• Troposphere

• Hemisphere

• Stratosphere 

What type of cloud is this?

• cumulus

• stratus

• cirrus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What does an anemometer do?

• Measures the speed of wind.

• Measures the direction of the wind.

• Measures air pressure.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of cloud is this?

• cirrus

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is weather?

• The movement of water into the air as water vapor and back to Earth’s surface as precipitation.

• The usual conditions of a place over an extended amount of time.

• The conditions of Earth’s atmosphere at a certain time and place.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of cloud is this?

• stratocumulus

• cumulonimbus

• cirrus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Weather maps are used to forecast the _____.

• weather

• climate

• clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of cloud is this?

• altostratus

• altocumulus

• fog

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Weather occurs in the _____ layer of the atmosphere, the troposphere. 

• first

• second

• fourth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5