WorksheetsAtmosphere & Weather
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 60secs
Which layer of the atmosphere is where clouds occur?
The mesosphere
The troposphere
The stratosphere
The thermosphere
This layer of the atmosphere contains the Ozone Layer
The troposphere
The stratosphere
The mesosphere
The exosphere
When liquid water on Earth (in lakes, rivers and oceans) is heated up by the sun's energy and turns into water vapor in the atmosphere it is called
infiltration
condensation
evaporation
precipitation
In this layer of the atmosphere, most meteors burn up.
The exosphere
The thermosphere
The mesosphere
The stratosphere
This layer of the atmosphere is where auroras occur.
The troposphere
The stratosphere
The mesosphere
The thermosphere
This layer of the atmosphere reaches up to 1000°C, but doesn’t actually feel hot.
The troposphere
The stratosphere
The mesosphere
The thermosphere
Which layer of the atmosphere is sometimes considered “Outer Space”?
The exophere
The thermosphere
The mesosphere
The stratosphere
Infiltration is when
liquid water turns into vapor
frozen water turns directly into a gas, skipping the liquid phase
water vapor turns back into liquid in the atmosphere and forms clouds
precipitation or water soaks into subsurface soils
What is the day to day change in the atmosphere for a particular area?
weather
precipitation
temperature
climate
What is the long-term change in the atmosphere for a particular area?
meteorology
weather
climate
temperature
Which form of severe weather occurs when wind speed & direction suddenly change and get pushed into a vertical position?
hurricane
tornado
heat wave
dust storm
What type of severe weather needs a lot of warm ocean water & a mechanism to lift warm air and keep it rising?
blizzard
dust storn
tornado
hurricane
What type of severe weather is an extended period of well-below-average rainfall?
hurricane
blizzard
dust storm
drought
Wispy, high clouds made of ice crystals
stratus
cumulus
cirrus
cumulonimbus
Flat, layered clouds that form close to the ground, including fog describes which type of cloud?
stratus
cumulus
cirrus
cumulonimbus
Which type of cloud is white and puffy?
stratus
cumulus
cirrus
