Meteorology Pre/Post Test 1st - 3rd Grade

What units are used to measure temperature on thermometers? (Select all that apply)

• Kelvin

• Celsius

• Inches and Centimeters

• Fahrenheit

If a hurricane is heading your way what should you do? (Select all that apply)

• Make sure your family disaster plan is up to date

• Pack up and leave if you live on the coast.

• Go to an inner room of your house on the bottom floor that does not have windows

• Pick up loose items around the house and board up windows

What is a flat, layered cloud called?

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Nimbus

This type of front occurs when a cold front catches up with a warm front.

• Stationary front

• Low pressure area

• Occluded front

• Cold front

How many times a day are Weather Balloons launched to take readings?

• Twice a week

• Once a day

• Twice a day

• Three times day

What is the boundary between two air masses?

• Wind

• Front

• Isotherm

• Isobar

Why would a hurricane lose strength?

• It hits land

• It goes into warmer waters

• A thunderstorm occurs

• It goes into more equatorial regions

What is Thunder?.

• The discharge of electricity

• The electric barrier

• The impact of electricity hitting the earth

• The sound caused by lightning

What layer of the atmosphere does weather occur in?

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

Weather is the condition of the Troposphere at a particular time and place, which changes from day to day.

• True

• False