Weather Climate Atmosphere Unit Test

Air pressure______________________as elevations increases.

• decreases
• increases
• stays the same

Warm air is ________________ than cold air.

• less dense
• more dense

Warm air is less dense and tends to _____________ in the atmosphere.

• rise
• sink

Cold air is more dense and tends to _____________ in the atmosphere.

• rise
• sink

In which layer does the most weather occur?

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere

In which layer would you find the ozone?

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere

In which layer do temperatures rise the highest?

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere

In which layer can you find meteors?

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere

Warm air rising or cold air sinking combined with the spinning of Earth causes the air to spin creating:

• wind
• occluded front
• air mass
• warm front

Air masses:

• are huge bodies of air that form over water or land
• can be in tropical or polar regions
• create weather conditions
• all of the above