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Atmosphere and Weather

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is isolation?

a)

Energy that reaches a planet

b)

Solar energy that reaches a planet

c)

Solar energy that only reaches Earth

2.

What are the layers of the atmosphere?

a)

Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Exosphere

b)

Mexosphere, Anosphere, Pieosphere, Temosphere, and Sunosphere.

c)

Rectosphere, Quzosphere, Persosphere, Biosphere, and Lavosphere.

d)

Wexosphere, Exosphere, Manosphere, Hectosphere, and Resosphere.

3.

Where does weather occur in the atmosphere?

a)

In the anosphere.

b)

In the mesosphere.

c)

In the troposphere.

d)

In the thermosphere.

4.

What is air pressure?

a)

The amount of air force put on a given object.

b)

The amount of force put on a given area by the weight of the air above.

c)

Pressure that is put on air.

d)

Pressure on things.

5.

Humidity is _________.

a)

Water in the air.

b)

Air pressure and water vapor mixed together.

c)

Houston.

d)

The amount of water vapor in the air.

6.

What are global winds?

a)

A map that shows where winds blow around the globe.

b)

Winds that blow globally.

c)

Winds that blow steadily over long distances in a predictable direction.

d)

Winds that are known globally.

7.

An imaginary line that runs across the earth is the ________.

a)

Altitude .

b)

Equator.

c)

a planet.

d)

meteor.

8.

Why does Africa get lots of sunlight?

a)

Because the equator runs through it.

b)

Because the sun just hit it.

c)

Because it is Africa.

d)

Because it is far away from the equator.

9.

Altitude is ________.

a)

How cold a place is.

b)

How hot a place is.

c)

How low a place is.

d)

The height above earth's surface.

10.

What is a barometer?

a)

A tool.

b)

A measuring tool

c)

A tool that measures the atmospheric pressure.

d)

A tool to measure wind

11.

Miami is hotter that New York. Why is that?

a)

It is farther away from the equator.

b)

It is hit by more sunlight.

c)

New York has more clouds.

d)

It is closer to the equator that New York is.

12.

What is a weather vane?

a)

A tool that tells you how much it has rained.

b)

An instrument that shows which way the wind is blowing.

c)

A tool that shows how fast the wind is blowing.

d)

A tool that has an animal on it.

13.

What does a barometer measure?

a)

Wind

b)

Solar energy

c)

Energy

d)

Air

14.

What did you think about our quizizz?

a)

It was boring

b)

It was fun

c)

It wasn't a big help learning about this chapter

d)

It was helpful