WorksheetsWeather Unit Test Practice
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Name the form of oxygen found in the stratosphere.
a)
exopshere
b)
ozone
c)
thermosphere
d)
ionosphere
2.
As altitude __________, temperature ____________ in the troposphere.
a)
increases; decreases
b)
increases; increases
c)
decreases; decreases
d)
decreases; increases
3.
The _______ is cold except in the upper region where the ozone is located.
a)
troposphere
b)
stratosphere
c)
mesosphere
d)
thermosphere
4.
The ______________ is the coldest layer.
a)
tropsophere
b)
stratosphere
c)
mesosphere
d)
thermosphere
5.
The air is very ______ in the thermosphere and it is very ______.
a)
thin; cold
b)
thick; hot
c)
thin; hot
d)
thick; high
6.
______________is the force exerted by the gases pushing on an object.
a)
ozone pressure
b)
cloud pressure
c)
air pressure
d)
stratus pressure
7.
Air pressure is greatest in the _________________.
a)
troposphere
b)
stratsophere
c)
mesosphere
d)
thermosphere
8.
Air pressure ______________ through the layers farther out from the surface as Earth’s pull of______________ decreases.
a)
decreases; gravity
b)
increases; gravity
c)
decreases; ozone
d)
decreases; exosphere
9.
________________ are made of water vapor that condenses in the troposphere.
a)
dew
b)
clouds
c)
evaporation
d)
transpiration
10.
The two ways water enters the atmosphere are _______&_______.
a)
evaporation; transpiration
b)
evaporation; transgression
c)
evaporation; perspiration
d)
condensation; transpiration
11.
____________ is the process of plants releasing water vapor.
a)
transpiration
b)
evaporation
c)
perspiration
d)
condensation
12.
________________ is formed when water vapor condenses directly onto surfaces.
a)
dew
b)
clouds
c)
frost
d)
transpiration
13.
________ is formed when water vapor changes from gas to ice crystals.
a)
dew
b)
clouds
c)
frost
d)
transpiration
14.
________ is when precipitation that falls on land surfaces attempts to move back toward sea level as surface-water flow or groundwater flow.
a)
flood
b)
run-off
c)
mud
d)
tar
15.
When cumulus clouds are white they signal______ weather, but when they are darker, they may signal _____ or _______.
a)
overcast; rain; clear skies
b)
fair; hail; cloudy
c)
fair; rain; clear skies
d)
fair; rain; thunderstorms
16.
Which are darker clouds that form at medium or low elevations and are spread out layer upon layer.
a)
cumulonimbus
b)
stratus
c)
cumulus
d)
fog
17.
The word part _________ means rain.
a)
rainus/rine
b)
cirro/cirrus
c)
alto/altus
d)
nimbus/nimbo
18.
Alto means _______ level.
a)
high
b)
medium
c)
low
d)
altitude
19.
Clouds that form when condensation occurs near the ground are called _____.
a)
cumulonimbus
b)
nimbostratus
c)
cumulus
d)
fog
20.
________ ________ are huge bodies of air that form over water or land in tropical or polarregions.
a)
air masses
b)
cloud masses
c)
air pressure
d)
tropical storms
21.
As air masses move and collide with each other, ________ form at the boundaries between them.
a)
air masses
b)
fronts
c)
hurricanes
d)
tropical storms
22.
When neither a cold air mass nor a warm air mass moves at a frontal boundary, the result is a__________ _______ and may produce long periods of ____________
a)
warm front; precipiation
b)
stationary front; precipitation
c)
cold front; precipitation
d)
occluded front; precipitation
23.
_______ pressure systems usually signal fair weather with winds moving clockwise.
a)
low
b)
medium
c)
high
d)
none of the answers are correct
24.
______ pressure systems usually signal stormy weather with winds moving counter clockwise.
a)
low
b)
medium
c)
high
d)
none of the answers are correct
25.
______ are a rapidly moving funnel-shaped cloud that extends down from a storm cloud.
a)
storms
b)
tornadoes
c)
thunderstorms
d)
hurricanes
26.
_________ is a low pressure tropical storm that forms over warm ocean water. The lower the pressure in the center of this storm, the faster the winds blow towards the center of the storm.
a)
storms
b)
tornadoes
c)
thunderstorms
d)
hurricanes
27.
________ is a condition of Earth’s atmosphere at any time.
a)
weather
b)
air pressure
c)
ozone
d)
rain
28.
________ A tool used to measure wind speed.
a)
barometer
b)
wind vane
c)
anemometer
d)
wind sock
29.
__________ A two-thermometer instrument slung around a rod or pole that is also referred to as a wet dry bulb used to measure relative humidity.
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
sling psychrometer
d)
anemometer
30.
_________ is a tool used to measure air pressure.
a)
anemometer
b)
barometer
c)
thermometer
d)
hygrometer
31.
__________ are used on weather maps to indicate high and low pressure systems.
a)
isotherms
b)
circles
c)
triangles
d)
isobars
32.
_________ are used on a weather map to indicate temperature ranges.
a)
isobars
b)
isotherms
c)
triangles
d)
circles
33.
The information on a ________ ________can include cloud cover, temperature, wind direction and speed, precipitation and barometric pressure.
a)
station model
b)
wind vane
c)
wind sock
d)
tornado scale
34.
The source for heating the Earth and circulating Earth’s atmosphere comes from the______________.
a)
sun
b)
moon
c)
earth
d)
ocean
35.
The _____ heats up and releases its heat fairly quickly, but the ______ needs to absorb lots of solar energy to warm up.
a)
land; water
b)
ocean; sea
c)
mountain; valley
d)
trees; land
36.
____________ is the process of heat from the Sun moving back into the troposphere where it cannot get through the atmosphere and is trapped.
a)
evaporation
b)
Greenhouse Effect
c)
convection current
d)
water cycle
37.
Warm air near the Earth’s surface rises and then cools and drops, this creates a _________________ in the atmosphere.
a)
run-off
b)
Greenhouse Effect
c)
convection current
d)
water cylce
38.
Convection happens on a global scale in the atmosphere and causes ______ _________.
a)
water cycle
b)
global winds
c)
north poles
d)
south poles
39.
The unequal heating of Earth causes ______ _______(tropical, temperate, polar)
a)
climate zones
b)
water zones
c)
dry zones
d)
wet zones
40.
Because convection cells are in place in the atmosphere and earth is spinning on its axis, the global winds appear to curve. This is known as the __________ ________.
a)
Coriolis Effect
b)
Greenhouse Effect
c)
Climate Effect
d)
Atmosphere Effect
41.
The weather systems usually move across the country from _____ to ________.
a)
north; south
b)
west; north
c)
south; north
d)
west; east
42.
Name the atmospheric layers from Earth’s surface outward & name an object for each layer.
a)
troposphere(weather), ionosphere (electrically charged particlesions),exosphere(spaceshuttles/satellites), stratosphere(ozone), mesosphere(meteors), thermosphere( 1800 0 C)
b)
troposphere(weather/planes), stratosphere(ozone) , mesosphere(meteors), thermosphere( 1800 0 C) ,ionosphere (electrically charged particleions),exosphere(space shuttles/satellites)
c)
troposphere(weather/planes), mesosphere(meteors), thermosphere( 1800 0 C) , exosphere(spaceshuttles/satellites), stratosphere(ozone) ionosphere (electrically charged particleions)
d)
none of the above are correct
43.
What are the two most common gases found throughout all the layers?
a)
carbon dioxide & nitrogen
b)
oxygen & carbon dioxide
c)
nitrogen & hydrogen
d)
nitrogen & oxygen
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