Test Review

"Heap" or "pile" is the Latin meaning for which type of cloud?

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulonimbus

In which layer of the atmosphere do meteors burn up?

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere

Satellites orbit in which layer?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere

The Northern Lights occur in which layer?

• mesosphere
• exosphere
• thermosphere
• stratosphere

High pressure creates sunny, clear skies.

• True
• False

What step of the water cycle does this picture show?

• Condensation

• Runoff

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

Our _________ is the layer of gases that surrounds our planet.

• ocean
• weather
• atmosphere
• ozone

What is the order of the layers of the atmosphere, starting with the layer closest to Earth's surface?

• Stratosphere, Troposphere, Exosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere

• Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere

• Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Exosphere, Thermosphere

• Troposphere, Stratosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere, Mesosphere

When water vapor is cooled and forms droplets of liquid water

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Runoff

"Curl" or a "curl of hair" is the Latin meaning for which type of cloud?

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulonimbus