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Weather Intro

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which device is used to measure humidity?

a)

anemometer

b)

thermometer

c)

hygrometer

d)

barometer

2.

Which of the following symbols represents a warm front?

a)
b)
c)
d)
3.

Where do meteors burn up?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

e)

Exosphere

4.

What percentage of our atmosphere is nitrogen?

a)

2%

b)

15%

c)

21%

d)

78%

e)

90%

5.

What is a barometer used to measure?

a)

Wind Direction

b)

Temperature

c)

Wind Speed

d)

Air Pressure

6.
What does this symbol on a weather map indicate? 
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold Front
d)
Warm Front
7.

Where is the International Space Station?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

e)

Exosphere

8.

A front is

a)

where warm air is cooling at earth's surface

b)

a line where hot and cold air are separating

c)

a line where two different air masses meet

d)

where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds

9.

What percentage of our atmosphere is oxygen?

a)

2%

b)

15%

c)

21%

d)

78%

e)

90%

10.

Where does the vast majority of our weather occur?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

e)

Exosphere

11.

Which layer has the lowest temperatures?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

e)

Exosphere

12.

Where is the Hubble Telescope?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

e)

Exosphere

13.

Where are the auroras?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

e)

Exosphere

14.

Which layer has the highest temperatures?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

e)

Exosphere

15.

Which of the following symbols represents an occluded front?

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

Where is most of the water vapor in our atmosphere?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

e)

Exosphere

17.

Low pressure areas tend to have what kind of weather? Select two answers.

a)

rain

b)

overcast

c)

clear skies

d)

windy

e)

no wind

18.

Where is the ozone layer?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

e)

Exosphere

19.

Where do passenger planes fly during long flights?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

e)

Exosphere

20.

Which of the following symbols represents a stationary front?

a)
b)
c)
d)
21.

Which layers have decreasing temperature with increasing altitude?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

e)

Exosphere

22.

When Naomi the rascally kitten gets warmed up by lying in her heated cat bed, this transfer of heat is called

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

23.

Which layers have increasing temperature with increasing altitude?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

e)

Exosphere

24.

What layer can weather balloons reach?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

e)

Exosphere

25.

What is this called?

a)

barometer

b)

thermometer

c)

anemometer

d)

hygrometer

26.

When heat is transferred via warm matter rising and cold matter sinking in a continuous cycle, this is called

a)

conduction

b)

insolation

c)

convection

d)

radiation

27.

If an air mass is sinking, it must be

a)

cold and less dense

b)

cold and more dense

c)

warm and more dense

d)

warm and less dense

28.

Air masses are different in many ways. Which of these is NOT different?

a)

moisture contents

b)

ratio of oxygen/nitrogen

c)

density

d)

temperature

29.

If I blew up a balloon in a 72°F classroom and then took it outside where it is 100°F, what would happen to the volume of air in the balloon?

a)

It would shrink.

b)

It wouldn't change size.

c)

It would expand.

30.

Which of the following symbols represents a cold front?

a)
b)
c)
d)
31.
Which type of front is pictured?
a)
Cold front
b)
Warm front
c)
Occluded front
d)
Stationary front
32.

When a cold front or a warm front stays in place for several days without invading another front, it becomes a/n ______.

a)

stationary front

b)

cold front

c)

occluded front

d)

warm front

33.
What does this symbol on a weather map indicate? 
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold front
d)
Warm front
34.
If an air mass is rising, it must be
a)
cold and less dense
b)
cold and more dense
c)
warm and more dense
d)
warm and less dense
35.

Winds are caused by differences in

a)

precipitation

b)

humidity

c)

air pressure

d)

turbulance

36.

High pressure areas tend to have what kind of weather? Select two answers.

a)

rain

b)

overcast

c)

clear skies

d)

windy

e)

no wind

37.

Cyclonic winds in the Northern Hemisphere blow

a)

clockwise

b)

counterclockwise

c)

north to south

d)

west to east

38.

Warm fronts tend to bring what kind of precipitation?

a)

prolonged, light rain

b)

short bursts of hard rain

39.

In the Northern hemisphere, cold fronts typically move

a)

north to south

b)

east to west

c)

south to north

d)

west to east

40.

Wind blows from where to where?

a)

high pressure to low pressure

b)

low pressure to high pressure