This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 16 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The atmosphere is divided into spherical layers based upon the ..... A) Amount of precipitation contained within each layer of the atmosphere. B) Concentration of oxygen contained within each layer of the atmosphere. C) Variation in the concentration and amount of ozone contained within each layer. D) Temperature changes from variations in absorption of solar energy within each layer of the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperature changes from variations in absorption of solar energy within each layer of the atmosphere. 2. Which two mantle hot spots are located at midocean ridges? A) Iceland and Yellowstone. B) Galapagos and Tasman. C) St. Helena and Hawaii. D) Easter Island and Bouvet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Easter Island and Bouvet. 3. A stratus cloud formed near the ground is called ..... A) Rain. B) A thunderstorm. C) Fog. D) A tornado. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fog. 4. Condensation nuclei are particles of atmospheric dust around which A) Winds form. B) Evaporation occurs. C) Cloud droplets form. D) Ozone collects. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cloud droplets form. 5. The science that tracks the Earth's larger atmospheric systems over a long period of time is known as A) Physical geography. B) Cartography. C) Climatology. D) Meteorology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climatology. 6. What do you call a wind that is traveling TOWARDS the East? A) Westerly wind. B) Southerly wind. C) Northerly wind. D) Easterly wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Westerly wind. 7. What causes the temperature to increase in the stratosphere? A) Nitrogen. B) Ozone Layer. C) Water Vapor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ozone Layer. 8. Which type of electromagnetic radiation has theshortest wavelength?(1) ultraviolet (3) radio waves(2) gamma rays (4) visible light A) Gamma rays. B) Ultraviolet. C) Radio waves. D) Visible light. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gamma rays. 9. People who try and predict the weather are called A) Ecologists. B) Astronomers. C) Meteorologists. D) Geologists. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meteorologists. 10. What ocean can hurricanes not develop in? A) Pacific. B) Indian. C) Southern. D) Atlantic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Southern. 11. The prevailing westerlies, the major wind belts over the continental United States, generally push air masses from ..... A) East to west. B) North to south. C) South to north. D) West to east. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) West to east. 12. A(n) ..... is a large body of air that has the same properties as the Earth's surface over which it develops. A) Front. B) Air mass. C) Cloud. D) Tornado. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air mass. 13. Which type of bedrock contains these oil and gas deposits? A) Metamorphic rock. B) Intrusive igneous rock. C) Sedimentary rock. D) Extrusive igneous rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sedimentary rock. 14. Earth's atmosphere is unique among the planets and is able to support life because it contains a large amount of ..... A) Methane. B) Oxygen. C) Water vapor. D) Helium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water vapor. 15. 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) Cold front. B) Occluded front. C) Warm front. D) Stationary front. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Warm front. 16. What is the name of the steady winds that flow from west to east between latitudes 30*N and 60*N and 30*S and 60*S? A) Trade winds. B) Land breeze. C) Westerlies. D) Jet stream. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Westerlies. 17. The average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and cloud in an area are known as its ..... A) Global warming. B) Weather. C) Seasons. D) Climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climate. 18. Heat index is associated with which two properties of the atmosphere? A) Temperature and pressure. B) Temperature and humidity. C) Humidity and pressure. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperature and humidity. 19. Cold air mass overtakes warm air mass. Warm air rises rapidly. Often associated with severe weather A) Stationary front. B) Cold front. C) Occluded front. D) Warm front. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cold front. 20. Which air mass produces Seattle's heavy winter precipitation? A) Continental tropical. B) Maritime polar, north Pacific ocean. C) Continental polar. D) Maritime polar, north Atlantic ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maritime polar, north Pacific ocean. 21. Instruments used to measure air pressure are called A) Thermometer. B) Anemometer. C) Rain gauge. D) Barometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Barometer. 22. Lightning and thunder can form during unstable atmospheric conditions in which types of clouds? A) Nimbostratus. B) Altostratus. C) Cumulonimbus. D) Alto cumulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cumulonimbus. 23. Balloon borne package of sensors that gathers upper-level weather data A) Radiosonde. B) Radar. C) Hygrometer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radiosonde. 24. High pressure will usually bring what kind of weather? A) Good. B) Bad. C) Both Good and Bad. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good. 25. What causes the wind to blows? A) Difference in longitude. B) The rotation of the Earth. C) The moon's gravitational pull. D) Differences in air temperature and pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Differences in air temperature and pressure. 26. How often does a El Nino happen? A) Every day. B) Once every week. C) Once every month. D) A few years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A few years. 27. Most scientists agree that an increase in the amount of greenhouse gases entering Earth's atmosphere causes A) An increase in crustal plate movement. B) A decrease in sea level. C) An increase in melting of polar ice caps. D) A decrease in average surface temperatures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An increase in melting of polar ice caps. 28. A cold, dry air mass that moves over warm, tropical waters will likely become A) Colder and drier. B) Warmer and drier. C) Colder and wetter. D) Warmer and wetter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warmer and wetter. 29. Valleys carved out by glaciers are always ..... shaped. A) U. B) V. C) Q. D) W. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) U. 30. A device that is used to measure atmospheric pressure is a ..... A) Barometer. B) Kilometer. C) Thermometer. D) Micrometer. 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