This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Micro vs Macroburst A) Microbursts damage less than a mile, Macrobursts damage more than a mile. B) They are the same thing; Macrobursts are the British term. C) Microbursts damage less than 3 miles, Macrobursts damage more than 3 miles. D) Microbursts damage less than 2.5 miles, Macrobursts damage more than 2.5 miles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Microbursts damage less than 2.5 miles, Macrobursts damage more than 2.5 miles. 2. The Coriolis effect causes ..... A) The Earth to rotate on its axis. B) Continental deflection. C) Global winds and surface currents to move in a curved path instead of a straight line. D) Global winds and deep ocean currents to move in a curved path instead of a straight line. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Global winds and surface currents to move in a curved path instead of a straight line. 3. Which word best describes the eye of a hurricane? A) Cold. B) Calm. C) Stormy. D) Windy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calm. 4. Which type of weather is associated with an occluded front? A) Heavy rain, thunderstorms, and/or snow showers for short periods of time. B) Steady, gentle rain/drizzle; steady light snow if cold enough. C) Strong winds and heavy precipitation. D) Light to moderate rain or snow for several days; also clouds and fog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strong winds and heavy precipitation. 5. Cold air mass that moves rapidly and overtakes a warm front A) Stationary front. B) Cold front. C) Occluded front. D) Warm front. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occluded front. 6. Maritime polar (northern Pacific, Bering Sea) A) Warm and humid. B) Cold and dry. C) Cool and humid. D) Warm and dry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cool and humid. 7. Air masses from the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, also found in South Atlantic and pacific. Carry moist air. Usually means precipitation A) Continental polar. B) Continental tropical. C) Maritime polar. D) Maritime tropical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maritime tropical. 8. Which has the greatest influence on wind speed? A) Differences in the density of interacting air masses. B) Differences in atmospheric nitrogen concentrations. C) Differences in ozone levels in the stratosphere. D) Differences in carbon dioxide concentrations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Differences in the density of interacting air masses. 9. What would a warm, dry air mass be named? A) Maritime Tropical. B) Maritime Polar. C) Continental Polar. D) Continental Tropical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Continental Tropical. 10. What is a warm front A) Slow. B) Fast. C) Mass of cold air taking over where warm air has been. D) Mass of warm air taking over where cold air has been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mass of warm air taking over where cold air has been. 11. Nimbus is a large ..... rain cloud. A) White. B) Pink. C) Gray. D) Puffy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gray. 12. The ozone layer is in the upper portion of this part of the Earths atmosphere A) Ionosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stratosphere. 13. What is the coriolis effect A) When wind appears to curve because earth's spinning. B) Wind direction. C) Wind temperature. D) Wind speed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When wind appears to curve because earth's spinning. 14. Why do we have seasons on earth? A) The tilt of the Earth means that the angles of the sun's rays change. B) The sun gets hotter during summer. C) There are more clouds during winter. D) The Earth gets closer to the sun during summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The tilt of the Earth means that the angles of the sun's rays change. 15. A storm is a ..... pressure area. A) Peer. B) Cold. C) Low. D) High. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Low. 16. Which of the following sources of weather data would enable a meteorologist to follow the path of an approaching thunderstorm? A) A chart of data from previous storm surges. B) Radar. C) A network of aneroid barometers. D) Weather balloons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radar. 17. Precipitations, wind, thunder, and lightening all happen in the A) Troposphere. B) Exosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Troposphere. 18. The Coriolis effect occurs as a result of Earth's A) Rotation. B) Magnetic field. C) Revolution. D) Tilted axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rotation. 19. What global wind is located from 0 to 30 degrees North and South of the Equator? A) Prevailing Westerlies. B) Trade Winds. C) Doldrum. D) Polar Easterlies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trade Winds. 20. Which ocean would be the least likely to have hurricanes? A) Atlantic. B) Pacific. C) Artic. D) Indian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Artic. 21. A wind that constantly blows from one direction more than from another A) Prevailing winds. B) Cyclone. C) Air mass. D) Coriolis Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prevailing winds. 22. Fuel for a hurricane A) Strong wind. B) Warm, rising vapor. C) Cool, sinking vapor. D) Occluded fronts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warm, rising vapor. 23. What atmospheric layer has the highest temperature? A) Thermosphere. B) Troposphere. C) Stratosphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thermosphere. 24. Humidity is to blame for that muggy, steamy feeling you experience on some hot summer days. What gas in the atmosphere causes humidity? A) Carbon dioxide. B) Helium. C) Methane. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxygen. 25. Meteorology is the study of the changes of the Earth's ..... A) Hydrosphere. B) Asthenosphere. C) Lithosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atmosphere. 26. Large clouds that produce thunderstorms are called A) Cumulus. B) Cumulonimbus. C) Stratus. D) Cirrus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cumulonimbus. 27. This layer is the hottest layer of the atmosphere? A) Troposphere. B) Thermosphere. C) Stratosphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thermosphere. 28. Low-pressure zone usually have ..... weather. A) Rainy. B) Cold. C) Hot. D) Clear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rainy. 29. Compared to a warmer air mass, a colder air mass A) Can hold more water. B) Is lighter. C) Can hold less water. D) Is less dense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can hold less water. 30. Equal areas of which surface would absorb the greatest amount of insolation on a sunny day? A) Light-colored, smooth surface. B) Dark-colored, rough surface. C) Light-colored, rough surface. 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