Weather and Climate Test

The layer of the atmosphere containing the ozone layer is

• troposphere
• stratosphere
• thermosphere
• mesosphere

What is the most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere?

• Oxygen
• Carbon dioxide
• Nitrogen
• Argon

The layer of the atmosphere containing the ozone layer is

• troposphere
• stratosphere
• thermosphere
• mesosphere

What is the most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere?

• Oxygen
• Carbon dioxide
• Nitrogen
• Argon

A region that is experiencing a heat wave has more than ____ consecutive days of temperature more than _____ above average

• 3,3F
• 5,9F
• 10,12F
• 7,15F

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What kind of weather is most closely associated with low pressure systems?

• cold and dry
• sunny and dry
• warm and humid
• cloudy and rainy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This is a high cloud that usually means fair weather except in the tropics where it could mean a storm is coming.

• cirrus
• cirrostratus
• cirrocumulus
• stratus

These clouds are a cumulus cloud that form into an anvil shape that points to where the rain, lightning, hail, or tornadoes are moving.

• CIRROCUMULUS
• CUMULONIMBUS
• STRATOCUMULUS
• ALTOCUMULUS

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This is the symbol for which type of front?

• Stationary
• Occuluded
• Warm
• Cold

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of front is this?

• Stationary
• Occuluded
• Warm
• Cold

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5