Meteorology Practice Assessment

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Meteorology Practice Assessment

• Climatology, Synoptic Meteorology / Weather
  Analysis, Economic Geography, Historical
  Geography, Political Geography, Urban Geography /
  Urban Planning, Geomorphology, Geographic Thought

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1. What is the atmospheric layer where most
weather occurs Discuss

• A.
• Thermosphere
• B.
• Mesosphere
• C.
• Troposphere
• D.
• Stratosphere

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2. What happens to temperature as you move
upwards through the troposphere

• A. 
• It decreases
• B. 
• It increases
• C. 
• It stays the same
• D. 
• It varies from place to place

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Where do meteors burn up?

• A. 
• Stratosphere
• B. 
• Thermosphere
• C. 
• Troposphere
• D. 
• Mesosphere

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4. Where do the northern lights occur

• A. 
• Mesosphere
• B. 
• Thermosphere
• C. 
• Exosphere
• D. 
• Stratosphere

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5. Where is the ozone layer?

• A. 
• Mesosphere
• B. 
• Stratosphere
• C. 
• Troposphere
• D. 
• Exosphere

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6. What happens to temperature as you move up
through out the atmosphere

• A. 
• It stays the same
• B. 
• It increases
• C. 
• It decreases
• D. 
• It varies

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7. What does the ozone layer do?

• A. 
• It blocks infrared radiation
• B. 
• It protects us from meteors
• C. 
• It protects us from ultraviolet radiation
• D. 
• It causes the sky to be blue

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8. The hydrosphere contains

• A. 
• Clouds, rivers, lakes
• B. 
• Oceans, mountains, rivers
• C. 
• Ice, smoke and dust
• D. 
• Water vapor, chickens, and soda

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9. Water stored under the ground is called

• A. 
• Landwater
• B. 
• Groundwater
• C. 
• Runoff
• D. 
• Precipitation

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10. Evaporation is when water turns from a

• A. 
• Gas to a solid
• B. 
• Solid to a gas
• C. 
• Liquid to a gas
• D. 
• Liquid to a solid

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11. Condensation is when water turns from a

• A. 
• Solid to a gas
• B. 
• Gas to a solid
• C. 
• Liquid to a gas
• D. 
• Gas to a liquid

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