This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 21 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How do we characterize an air mass that forms over the ocean? A) Warm. B) Cold. C) Dry. D) Wet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wet. 2. Stratus clouds formed at ground level are called what? A) Fog. B) Freezing rain. C) Sleet. D) Snow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fog. 3. Winds and currents are deflected in different directions in each hemisphere. Why? A) Because of the Coriolis Effect. B) Because the Jet Stream. C) Because of the Doldrums. D) Because of the greenhouse effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because of the Coriolis Effect. 4. What is the boundary line between air masses of different densities and temperatures? A) Front. B) Weather System. C) Cyclone. D) Air mass. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Front. 5. Significant weather charts report cloud base and top? A) Meters AGL. B) In 100's feet AAL. C) In 100's feet AMSL. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In 100's feet AMSL. 6. As altitude increases A) Air pressure stays the same. B) A high pressure system develops. C) Air pressure decreases. D) Air pressure increases. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Air pressure decreases. 7. Where did oxygen in our atmosphere come from? A) Volcanoes. B) Outer space. C) Photosynthesis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photosynthesis. 8. What cloud is hair like A) Cumulus. B) Cirrus. C) All of the above. D) Stratus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cirrus. 9. An increase in ocean temperature can cause ..... A) Global wind patterns to stabilize. B) An increase in the number of hurricanes. C) A decrease in sea level. D) Most forms of ocean life to flourish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An increase in the number of hurricanes. 10. When a hurricane reaches land, its intensity decreases as the area of ..... A) Increase in pressure and temperature. B) Lack of cold, dry air to fuel the storm. C) Friction and the lack of warm, moist air. D) Successive updrafts into the eye wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Friction and the lack of warm, moist air. 11. What kind of clouds are most likely to produce thunderstorms? A) Stratus. B) Cumulus. C) Cirrus. D) Cumulonimbus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cumulonimbus. 12. Which air masses have the greatest effect on weather conditions in much of the United States? A) CP and mT. B) MP and cP. C) MP and cT. D) MT and cT. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CP and mT. 13. Air is heavy and sinks, cool, clear, dry, fair weather with little to no precipitation A) Air pressure. B) Low pressure. C) Altitude. D) High pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) High pressure. 14. A storm which contains large amounts of snow OR blowing snow, with winds in excess of 35 mph and visibilities of less than 1/4 mile for an extended period of time (at least 3 hours) is called a A) Blizzard. B) Snow storm. C) Tropical storm. D) Snow spout. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blizzard. 15. What happens when the air temperature drops to its Dew Point? A) The air will be fully saturated. B) The air will be fully saturated. C) Water freezes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The air will be fully saturated. 16. Where does warm water originate from on our planet? A) North Pole. B) South Pole. C) Equator. D) Both the North and South Pole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Equator. 17. What 2 gases make up 99% of the gases in Earth's atmosphere? A) Carbon Dioxide and Argon. B) Nitrogen and Oxygen. C) Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide. D) Oxygen and Neon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen and Oxygen. 18. Which Physics principle is the basis for Conservation of Momentum? A) Bernouli's Principle. B) Law of Universal Gravitation. C) Laws of Thermodynamics. D) Laws of Motion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laws of Motion. 19. Thunder is ..... A) The sound made when lightning strikes an object. B) The sound of air rapidly expanding and contracting around a lightning bolt. C) The sound a tornado makes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sound of air rapidly expanding and contracting around a lightning bolt. 20. Which best describes climate? A) Summers are typically hot and dry. B) It rained this week. C) Yesterday it was cold and windy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Summers are typically hot and dry. 21. Which situation would cause faster wind speeds? A) Midwest region has humidity of 90% and Southern region has a humidity of 20%. B) Midwest region has a temperature of 50 and Southern region has a temperature of 90. C) Midwest region is experiencing extremely high pressure and Southern region has extremely low pressure. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Midwest region is experiencing extremely high pressure and Southern region has extremely low pressure. 22. What protects life on earth from harmful UV radiation? A) Ozone Layer. B) Stratosphere. C) Auroras. D) Ionopshere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ozone Layer. 23. Energy transferred by waves or rays A) Conduction. B) Radiation. C) Convection. D) X-rays. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radiation. 24. What happens to air pressure as you move upward into the atmosphere? A) Increases. B) Decreases. C) Stays the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decreases. 25. ..... front forms when warm air moves over cold air and slowly replaces the cold air A) Cold front. B) Stationary front. C) Occluded front. D) Warm front. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warm front. 26. In heat transfer, which process uses air flowing from one location to another in the atmosphere A) Absorption. B) Conduction. C) Convection. D) Radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convection. 27. All of the following tools are useful in measuring local weather conditions EXCEPT - A) Rain gauges. B) Wind socks. C) Telescopes. D) Thermometers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Telescopes. 28. The layers of the atmosphere in order from bottom to top are A) Thermosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, troposphere, exosphere. B) Troposphere, mesosphere, atmosphere, thermosphere. C) Mesosphere, thermosphere, troposphere, stratosphere, exosphere. D) Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere. 29. The seasons are caused by ..... A) Earth's changing rate of rotation. B) Shifting climates on Earth's surface. C) The tilt of Earth's axis as Earth revolves around the sun. D) Earth's varying distance from the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The tilt of Earth's axis as Earth revolves around the sun. 30. Height above sea level (above the Earth's surface) A) Air pressure. B) Atmosphere. C) Altitude. D) Sea level. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Altitude. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesWeather QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesPrinciples Of Meteorology Quiz 1Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 2Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 3Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 4Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 5Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 6Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 7Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books