This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is happening when heat rises A) Density. B) Radiation. C) Convection. D) Conduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convection. 2. It is hypothesized that in the next 200 years, the lowest land areas on Earth could be submerged beneath rising oceans. Which climate change would most likely cause this to occur? A) Global warming. B) The start of an ice age. C) Decreased winds. D) Increased desertification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Global warming. 3. How many hurricanes occur in the Atlantic Ocean each year? A) About 10. B) About 5. C) Around 25. D) About 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About 10. 4. Earth is unevenly heated due to its? A) Oceans and moon. B) Tilt and shape. C) Gravity and clouds. D) Climate and weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tilt and shape. 5. Large clouds that often produce thunderstorms are called ..... A) Cumulonimbus clouds. B) Stratus clouds. C) Cirrus clouds. D) Nimbostratus clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cumulonimbus clouds. 6. As a warm moist air mass moving northward collides with a strong cold air mass moving southward, what observations will most likely be made? A) Temperatures stay the same. B) No observations. C) No clue. D) Clouds form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clouds form. 7. The air in the troposphere has a greater density than the air in any other layer of the atmosphere. A) True. B) False. C) Huh?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Which statement best describes the weather shown by the red semicircles on a line on a weather map? A) A warm front brings drizzly weather. B) A cold front can cause heavy rain, thunder, and lightning. C) A stationary front may produce rainy or snowy weather for several days. D) An occluded front can cause light to heavy precipitation that may last several days. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A warm front brings drizzly weather. 9. Weather in the United States moves ..... A) West to East. B) East to West. C) South to North. D) North to South. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) West to East. 10. The Coriolis effect is due to the ..... of Earth. A) Density. B) Shape. C) Revolution. D) Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rotation. 11. Air masses from northern Canada. Often associated with drops in temperature A) Continental tropical. B) Continental polar. C) Maritime polar. D) Maritime tropical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Continental polar. 12. The air pressure above the ocean off the coast of Florida is much higher compared to the air pressure above the coast. What direction would the wind blow in this situation? A) From the ocean, vertically(up) into the sky. B) From the ocean to the coast. C) From the coast to the ocean. D) From the coast, vertically(up) into the sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From the ocean to the coast. 13. Warm air mass that does not carry water: A) Continental tropical. B) Maritime tropical. C) Maritime polar. D) Continental polar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Continental tropical. 14. Which of these gases have the most significant impact on the temperature of Earth's Atmosphere? A) Nitrogen and Argon. B) Oxygen and sulfur dioxide. C) Hydrcholoric acid and hydrogen. D) Carbon dioxide and water vapor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon dioxide and water vapor. 15. What are Isobars? A) Lines of Equilibrium. B) Lines of Iso. C) Lines of equal air pressure measured in millibars. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lines of equal air pressure measured in millibars. 16. Form at high altitudes. Look long and feathery. Made of ice crystals. They are often seen before weather changes and precipitation. A) Nimbostratus. B) Cirrus. C) Fog. D) Stratus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cirrus. 17. Where does the energy that powers a hurricane originate? A) From funnel clouds. B) Outside a stationary front. C) Outside a subliming water. D) From warm and moist air. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From warm and moist air. 18. What does air moving from areas of high pressure to low pressure cause? A) Weather. B) Wind. C) Worldwide wind belts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wind. 19. Polar and tropical regions maintain fairly constant average temperatures because A) The Sun always strikes these regions at the same angle. B) Air masses remain stationary near the poles and equator. C) Earth radiates extra energy back into space. D) The continual motion of air and water reallocates heat energy throughout Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The continual motion of air and water reallocates heat energy throughout Earth. 20. What decreases as you go up in the atmosphere? A) Altitude. B) Air pressure. C) Meteors. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air pressure. 21. Moisture on an object caused by outside temperature of reaching the dewpoint A) Frozen rain. B) Rain. C) Fog. D) Dew. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dew. 22. Which is likely to occur after moist air is cooled below its dew point? A) Evaporation increases. B) Water condenses. C) Ice crystals melt. D) Winds are generated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water condenses. 23. A student heard the weather forecaster on television say that an area of low pressure was located over his region of the state. What type of weather is the area most likely to experience? A) Sunny skies. B) Clear skies. C) Cloudy skies. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cloudy skies. 24. What is the relationship between temperature and humidity? A) The warmer the air temperature, the greater the humidity. B) As temperature rises, the amount of water vapor in the air decreases. C) The warmer the temperature, the more likely for precipitation. D) Humidity depends on how close a location is to a body of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The warmer the air temperature, the greater the humidity. 25. In a high pressure area A) The air will be rising. B) The winds will be moving clockwise. C) The winds will be calm. D) The winds will be moving counter-clockwise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The winds will be moving clockwise. 26. Boarding up windows would be one emergency action most likely taken to prepare for which natural disaster? A) Tsunami. B) Earthquake. C) Hurricane. D) Flood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hurricane. 27. Of these four storms, the smallest in terms of actual size (diameter) is: A) Thunderstorm. B) Tornado. C) Hurricane. D) Middle Latitude Cyclonic Storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tornado. 28. When a large, warm air mass quickly rises above a cold air mass, what happens? A) A stationary front appears. B) A thunderstorm occurs. C) Nighttime begins. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A thunderstorm occurs. 29. A hurricane's storm surge is caused by a combination of high winds and ..... A) High pressure. B) Weak winds. C) Low pressure. D) Much snow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Low pressure. 30. What cloud indicates a lot of rain A) Stratus clouds. B) Cumulonimbus clouds. C) Stratocumulus clouds. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cumulonimbus clouds. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesWeather QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesPrinciples Of Meteorology Quiz 1Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 2Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 4Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 5Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 6Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 7Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 8Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books