Topic 6: Weather in the Atmosphere

This gas makes up about 78 percent of the air we breathe.

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• hydrogen

• carbon dioxide

The thin blanket of gases that surrounds Earth is called the ...

• humidity

• air pressure

• altitude

• atmosphere

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The column of air exerting a force, or pushing down, on each of us is ...

• air pressure

• relative humidity

• precipitation

• front

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The lowest layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs is the ...

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• troposphere

• thermosphere

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The distance above sea level is known as ...

• temperature

• altitude

• humidity

• exosphere

The layer of the atmosphere where the ozone layer is found is the ...

• stratosphere

• troposphere

• mesosphere

• exosphere

A scientist who studies and predicts the weather is a ...

• zoologist

• botanist

• biologist

• meteorologist

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A violent disturbance in the atmosphere is called a ...

• storm

• wave

• altitude

• relative humidity

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The weather tool used to measure the amount of rainfall ...

• sling psychrometer

• barometer

• weather vane

• rain gauge

This is the weather tool used to measure relative humidity.

• sling psychrometer

• anemometer

• barometer

• wind vane