This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When a cold front or a warm front stays in place for several days without invading another front, it is called a ..... A) Cold front. B) Occluded front. C) Warm front. D) Stationary front. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stationary front. 2. Why is our atmosphere important to living things? A) It gives us food. B) It gives us gravity. C) It keeps us from exploding. D) It provides all of the gasses needed to live. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It provides all of the gasses needed to live. 3. Earth's atmosphere contains more ..... than any other substance. A) Hydrogen and nitrogen. B) Helium and oxygen. C) Nitrogen and oxygen. D) Carbon and nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen and oxygen. 4. A narrow band of fast westerly moving air that is fueled by a large temperature change and the Coriolis effect A) Imbalanced heating. B) Doldrums. C) Jet stream. D) Coriolis effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jet stream. 5. What decreases as you go all the way up in the atmosphere? A) Air quality. B) Air temperature. C) Latitude. D) Air pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Air pressure. 6. The jet stream usually moves from A) West to east. B) North to south. C) East to west. D) South to north. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) West to east. 7. The shortest day of the year is called the A) Summer Solstice. B) Winter Solstice. C) Vernal Equinox. D) Autumn Equinox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Winter Solstice. 8. Because the Earth is spinning. Globally winds cannot travel in a straight line. What is this effect called? A) Nefario effect. B) Weather effect. C) Gravitational effect. D) Coriolis effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coriolis effect. 9. Describe an air mass that forms over water in the gulf of mexico in terms of its temperature and moisture A) Wet and warm. B) Wet and cold. C) Dry and warm. D) Dry and cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wet and warm. 10. Near the top of the troposphere is a narrow band of high speed winds called the ..... A) Westerlies. B) Jet stream. C) Local winds. D) Trade winds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jet stream. 11. The wind direction is- A) Always from an area of low pressure toward high pressure. B) Always from an area of high pressure toward low pressure. C) Always toward the ocean. D) Always toward the land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Always from an area of high pressure toward low pressure. 12. What measures wind speed? A) Barometer. B) Wind vane. C) Anometer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anometer. 13. Which of the following determines the properties of an air mass? A) The conditions of the area over which it forms. B) The phase and position of the moon when it forms. C) The exact time of year when it forms. D) The geology of the area where it forms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The conditions of the area over which it forms. 14. A pellet of hail A) Sleet. B) Frost. C) Snow. D) Hailstone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hailstone. 15. After a period of steady increase, the rate of coal consumption was 50% higher during 2009 than it was during the year 2000. If this trend continues, which impact will coal consumption most likely have on the environment after the year 2010? A) Decreased rates of deforestation. B) Increased amounts of radioactive waste. C) Increased levels of greenhouse gas emissions. D) Decreased atmospheric temperatures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increased levels of greenhouse gas emissions. 16. What is responsible for warming the Earth's surface and creating wind? A) The Moon. B) The Sun. C) Earth's interior (inside). D) Coriolis effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Sun. 17. Which weather instrument is most useful in measuring relative humidity? A) Wind vane. B) Anenometer. C) Psychrometer. D) Barometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Psychrometer. 18. Every raindrop, snowflake, and hailstone must form around a nucleus made of a single speck of ..... . A) Stone. B) Dust or bacteria. C) Gatorade. D) Magma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dust or bacteria. 19. How much advance warning do people have that a hurricane is coming? A) 3-7 days. B) 4-5 hours. C) 2 weeks. D) 1 day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3-7 days. 20. Where a warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses, a(n) ..... front occurs A) Occluded. B) Cold. C) Stationary. D) Warm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Occluded. 21. What types of air masses form over oceans? A) Tropical. B) Continental. C) Maritime. D) Polar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maritime. 22. What type of front is this? When a cold air mass collides with a warm air mass and slides under it, pushing it up very quickly, making huge tower of cumulonimbus clouds; results in colder weather, thunderstorms and/or possibly tornadoes. A) Cold front. B) Stationary Front. C) Warm Front. D) Occluded Front. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cold front. 23. The most common gas in the atmosphere. A) Trace gases. B) Nitrogen. C) Oxygen. D) Carbon Dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen. 24. The science and study of atmosphere A) Relative Humidity. B) Meteorology. C) Air Density. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meteorology. 25. The horizontal movement of air from an area of higher pressure to an area of lower pressure A) Wind. B) Atmosphere. C) Convection current. D) High air pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wind. 26. Which of the following steps SHOULD NOT be taken in preparation for a cyclonic storm? A) Have battery operated radios and flashlights. B) Leave town even though you weren't ordered to evacuate. C) Board up your house. D) Have plenty of food and water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leave town even though you weren't ordered to evacuate. 27. What is the definition of fog A) A thin layer of multiple clouds. B) A cloud in the exosphere. C) A low lying cloud. D) A torpedo underwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A low lying cloud. 28. - the amount of water vapor in the air. A) Humidity. B) Fog. C) Dew point. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humidity. 29. What is a meterologist A) A weather man. B) A person who forcast weather. C) A person who geuses the weather. D) A spokes person for a weather channel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A person who forcast weather. 30. How are air masses described? A) By their size and number of clouds. B) By their temperature and speed. C) By their location and altitude. D) By their temperature and moisture content. 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