This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 24 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Follows aircraft A) Cumulus. B) Cirrus. C) Stratus. D) Contrails. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contrails. 2. A(n) ..... front may bring many days of rain because neither air mass can move the other. A) Cold. B) Stationary. C) Warm. D) Occluded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stationary. 3. Hurricanes and tornadoes are associated with ..... A) High pressure systems. B) Low pressure systems. C) Medium pressure systems. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Low pressure systems. 4. Temperature is measured in ..... A) Degrees. B) Centimeters. C) Inches. D) Feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Degrees. 5. Virginia is in the mid latitudes. Which best describes Virginia's climate? A) Subtropical. B) Temperate. C) Tropical. D) Subpolar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperate. 6. What do we call the temperature at which air becomes saturated? A) Dew point. B) Saturation. C) Fall point. D) Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dew point. 7. Heat from a campfire reaches you by A) Convection. B) Conduction. C) Radiation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radiation. 8. Form at low altitude. Sheet like:associated with steady rain, snow or very cloudy days A) Nimbostatus. B) Cumulus. C) Stratus. D) Cirrus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratus. 9. What protects Earth from ultraviolet rays from the sun? A) Troposphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Air pressure. D) Ozone layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ozone layer. 10. Which statement bests explains why the force of a hurricane diminishes as the hurricane moves over land? A) The winds start to spin clockwise. B) The sea levels rises on the coast. C) The supply of warm, moist air decreases. D) A high pressure system develops. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The supply of warm, moist air decreases. 11. The temperature in the troposphere, the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere, ranges from 17$^\circ$C to -51$^\circ$C, decreasing as altitude increases. However, in the layer above the troposphere, the stratosphere, the temperature gradually increases to -15$^\circ$C as the altitude increases. Why does the temperature increase with altitude in the stratosphere? A) Because meteoroids break apart in this layer. B) Because ozone absorbs energy from the Sun because it is a greenhouse gas. C) Because ozone reflects energy from the Sun because it is not a greenhouse gas. D) Because meteoroids absorb light in this layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because ozone absorbs energy from the Sun because it is a greenhouse gas. 12. Many clouds have a high albedo and therefore tend to A) Radiate sunlight. B) Absord sunlight. C) Relfect sunlight. D) Transmit sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relfect sunlight. 13. What is the science of studying and predicting the weather? A) Astrology. B) Astronomy. C) Weatherology. D) Meteorology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meteorology. 14. Low pressure will usually bring what kind of weather? A) Sunny. B) Calm. C) Stormy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stormy. 15. Large body of air with the same temperature and humidity A) Front. B) Weather. C) Wind. D) Air mass. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Air mass. 16. What can cloud seeding cause? A) Keep you dry. B) Allow rain to fall over a very large area. C) Cause rain to fall from a cloud that normally wouldn't produce rain. D) Rain to fall from clear skies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cause rain to fall from a cloud that normally wouldn't produce rain. 17. Whats the lowest layer of the atmosphere where weather happens? A) Stratosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Troposphere. 18. Water vapor is one of the components of the air in the atmosphere. What change causes the vapor in the air to form clouds? A) As air rises in the atmosphere, it becomes warmer and cannot hold as much water. B) As air cools, water vapor in the air condenses to liquid or solid state. C) Air rises, the water becomes heavier and changes form. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As air cools, water vapor in the air condenses to liquid or solid state. 19. Which of the following supports the Universal Law of Gravitation? A) A more massive object has greater attraction force than the less massive object. B) No attraction force is felt by two objects with great distance. C) A less massive object has greater attraction force than the more massive object. D) A more massive object has equal attraction force with the less massive object. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A more massive object has equal attraction force with the less massive object. 20. Lightning happens when the ..... charges in the bottom of the cloud are attracted to the ..... charges in the ground. A) It does not matter as long as they are opposite charges. B) Neutral; negative. C) Positive; negative. D) Negative; positive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Negative; positive. 21. Cool sinking air causes ..... pressure, resulting in ..... A) High, clear skies. B) Low, clear skies. C) High, rain. D) Low, rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High, clear skies. 22. When compared to current average conditions, what term would best describe conditions in Earth's lower atmosphere if greenhouse gases were absent? A) Hotter. B) Colder. C) Humid. D) Cloudy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colder. 23. These organisms were responsible for changing the Earths atmosphere by adding Oxygen. A) Aliens. B) Volcanoes. C) Dinosaurs. D) Phytoplankton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phytoplankton. 24. The ..... is an instrument to be installed on the next generation of weather satellites that maps total lightning (in-cloud and cloud-to-ground) activity continuously day and night over the Americas and adjacent ocean regions. A) Lighting Mapper (LM). B) In - Ground Precipitation Monitor (IGPM). C) Geostationary lightning mapper (GLM). D) Lighting Detection System (LDS). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geostationary lightning mapper (GLM). 25. Down wellings take ..... down to the deep ocean. A) Fish. B) Tourists. C) Oxygen. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxygen. 26. An air mass that moves from the equator over the Gulf of Mexico would be? A) Maritime Tropical. B) Continental Polar. C) Continental Tropical. D) Maritime Polar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maritime Tropical. 27. Which of these is most responsible for a city located near the ocean to have a smaller temperature range than a city located in the middle of the US? A) Daily high wind speeds. B) Heat from deserts. C) Nearby coastal waters. D) Slow moving cold fronts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nearby coastal waters. 28. Sarah has been asked by her teacher to investigate the following scientific question:Why are sea breezes felt during the day and land breezes at night? Which of the following data sources would best help Sarah to answer the question and why? A) Day and night temperatures of the beach and ocean, because the land and the air above it heats and cools faster than the water, causing a land breeze at night and a sea breeze during the day. B) The tidal charts for the month, because high tides cool off the beach, causing a sea breeze at night and a land breeze during the day. C) Day and night temperatures of the beach and ocean, because the land and the air above it heats and cools faster than the water, causing a sea breeze at night and a land breeze during the day. D) The tidal charts for the month, because high tides cool off the beach, causing a land breeze at night and a sea breeze during the day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Day and night temperatures of the beach and ocean, because the land and the air above it heats and cools faster than the water, causing a land breeze at night and a sea breeze during the day. 29. Deep Ocean currents are a result of A) Global Wind Patterns. B) Earth's Rotation. C) Density. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Density. 30. Down wellings move water A) To new houses. B) In circles. C) Up. D) Down. 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