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WorksheetsWeather Atmosphere Vocabulary
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The air in the troposphere has a greater density than the air in any other layer of the atmosphere,
a)
True
b)
False
2.
Temperature in the stratosphere warms as altitude increases.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Temperature decreases as altitude increases in the Thermosphere.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
In which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?
a)
Mesosphere
b)
Thermosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Troposphere
5.
What causes the temperature to increase in the stratosphere?
a)
Nitrogen
b)
Ozone
c)
Water Vapor
d)
carbon dioxide
6.
What decreases as you go up in the atmosphere?
a)
Altitude
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Meteors
d)
Air Pressure
7.
What is the lowest main layer of Earth's atmosphere?
a)
Thermosphere
b)
Troposphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Mesosphere
8.
What is the outer most main layer of Earth's atmosphere?
a)
Thermosphere
b)
Troposphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Mesosphere
9.
What is the second lowest main layer of Earth's atmosphere?
a)
Thermosphere
b)
Troposphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Mesosphere
10.
Where is the temperature the highest?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
11.
Where is the air pressure the greatest?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
12.
Where is the altitude the greatest?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
13.
The layers of the atmosphere are classified according to changes in _________.
a)
altitude
b)
density
c)
composition
d)
temperature
14.
What type of air does cool air force up?
a)
polar
b)
doldrums
c)
warm
d)
unmoving
15.
What will happen to the volume of a gas under constant temperature if the pressure increases?
a)
Increase
b)
Decrease
c)
Nothing
d)
Explosion!
16.
What is the device that measures atmospheric pressure?
a)
Aerometer
b)
Annemeter
c)
Barometer
d)
Humidity Detector
17.
How do you convert Celsius to Kelvin?
a)
Add 273
b)
Subtract 273
c)
You can't convert those
d)
They are the same thing
18.
What is 0.00 degrees Kelvin known as
a)
No such thing
b)
Very cold
c)
Freezing point of Water
d)
Absolute Zero
19.
How are pressure and volume related?
a)
Directly
b)
Indirectly
c)
They aren't related
20.
Which of the following would increase the pressure on a system?
a)
Increase the Temperature
b)
Pump in more gas
c)
Decrease the volume
d)
All of these
21.
What does Boyle's law relate to?
a)
Temperature and Volume
b)
Volume and Pressure
c)
Temperature and Pressure
22.
What does this symbol on a weather map indicate?
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold front
d)
Warm front
23.
What does this symbol indicate on a weather map?
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold front
d)
Warm front
24.
What kind of weather is usually associated with a high pressure system?
a)
Sunny weather
b)
Precipitation (rain, snow, etc.)
25.
The boundary between two air masses is known as:
a)
front
b)
storm
c)
climate
d)
flood
26.
The amount of water vapor present in the air is called ________________.
a)
weather
b)
humidity
c)
air mass
d)
dew point
27.
When a warm air mass gently slides on top of a cold air mass, and you have drizzly rain and then warmer weather, what type of front is it?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
occluded front
d)
stationary front
28.
What type of storm front is this?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
29.
Identify the type of front that is shown in the image.
a)
Occluded Front
b)
Cold Front
c)
Stationary Front
d)
Warm Front
30.
Identify the type of front that is shown in the image.
a)
Occluded Front
b)
Cold Front
c)
Stationary Front
d)
Warm Front
31.
What type of of air mass is dry and warm?
a)
cP
b)
cT
c)
mP
d)
mT
32.
What type of of air mass is wet and warm?
a)
mP
b)
mT
c)
cT
d)
cP
33.
What type of of air mass is dry and cold?
a)
mP
b)
mT
c)
cP
d)
cT
34.
What type of air mass is wet and cold?
a)
mP
b)
MT
c)
cT
d)
cP
35.
________ air is less dense and tends to rise
a)
cold
b)
warm
c)
moist
d)
dry
36.
A dry and cold air mass would be...
a)
Maritime polar
b)
Continental polar
c)
Maritime tropical
d)
Continental tropical
37.
If a warm front is currently passing through the city of Chicago, what type of weather conditions is Chicago most likely experiencing?
a)
steady rain showers
b)
cooler, dry weather
c)
hot, dry weather
d)
thunderstorms
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