This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 30 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The temperature of an air mass depends on its ..... A) Area. B) Location. C) Composition. D) Source region. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Source region. 2. Getting storm that causes Highwinds and destruction A) Tornado. B) Blizzard. C) Hurricane. D) Flood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tornado. 3. Typical WARM Front clouds A) NS, ST. B) ST, CU. C) NS, CU. D) CB, TCU. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NS, ST. 4. Which types of winds cause weather in North Carolina? A) Polar easterlies. B) Prevailing westerlies. C) Prevailing easterlies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prevailing westerlies. 5. During the land breeze, what starts moving the cooler air out and warmer air in? A) Conduction. B) Convection. C) Radiation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convection. 6. In which location of the Earth would the number of daylight hours remain constant? A) North Pole. B) Antartica. C) Equator. D) Prime Meridian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Equator. 7. Which process is responsible for cloud formation? A) Transpiration. B) Condensation. C) Sublimation. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Condensation. 8. What is the safest place to be in a tornado? A) Outside. B) In the basement of a house or building. C) Upstairs or in the attic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the basement of a house or building. 9. Which type of air has a relative humidity of 100%? A) Hot. B) Space. C) Dry. D) Saturated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saturated. 10. What does the h mean on a weather map A) High pressure. B) High temperature. C) High Storms. D) High clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High pressure. 11. As you go higher in the troposphere (the layer of the atmosphere that is closest to Earth) the temperature A) Increases. B) Stays the same. C) First decreases then increases. D) Decreases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decreases. 12. The boundary that separates different air masses is called a(n)- A) Storm. B) Cyclone. C) Front. D) Air mass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Front. 13. What are the 2 most abundant gases in Earth's atmosphere? A) Carbon dioxide and oxygen. B) Carbon dioxide and nitrogen. C) Nitrogen and oxygen. D) Nitrogen and hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen and oxygen. 14. In which of the following can convection currents form? A) A vacuum (empty space). B) Air. C) Solid aluminum. D) Plastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air. 15. Moisture moves from ..... pressure zones to ..... pressure zones. A) Emotional, social. B) High, low. C) Low, high. D) Hot, cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) High, low. 16. Low Pressure is associated with this type of weather ..... A) Fair Weather. B) Warm Weather. C) Cold Weather. D) Cloudy/Overcast Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cloudy/Overcast Weather. 17. Warm air moving upwards from the Gulf of Mexico is: A) Continental polar. B) Maritime polar. C) Maritime tropical. D) Continental tropical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maritime tropical. 18. The ozone layer is a sublayer of the ..... layer. A) Troposphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Exosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stratosphere. 19. Lines connecting points of equal pressure A) Isobar. B) Front. C) Relative Humidity. D) Isotherm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isobar. 20. Miss Murdock wants to know if holding kittens for different amounts of time will increase the number of As she gives her students. On her X axis, a student labeled it "Amount of Time Holding Kittens". Is this correct? A) Yes this is the DV. B) No this does not include units. C) No this is not the IV. D) Yes this is the IV. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No this does not include units. 21. Of the Earth's atmosphere is ..... and 21% of the Earth's atmosphere is ..... A) Oxygen, Nitrogen. B) Nitrogen, Oxygen. C) Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide. D) Nitrogen, Carbon Dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen, Oxygen. 22. On a weather map, what are the lines that connect points of equal air pressure called? A) Isobars. B) Isotherms. C) Isotemps. D) Contour lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isobars. 23. Which of these is NOT a factor that determines the climate of a place? A) Wind patterns. B) Latitude. C) Longitude. D) Elevation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Longitude. 24. From the center of a high pressure system, winds spiral- A) Outward toward areas of lower pressure. B) Inward toward areas of lower pressure. C) Upwards towards areas of lower pressure. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Outward toward areas of lower pressure. 25. When people think about what it's like in Central Texas, they always think to themselves that it's terribly hot and it's dry like a desert. On February 14, 2010 however, it snowed in Austin! Choose the statement that best explains what is happening in this scenario. A) Climate is just another word for weather. B) The climate in Texas is hot and dry, but the WEATHER on February 14th was cold and snowy. C) The weather for Texas is always hot and dry, all the time, which matches the climate in Texas perfectly. D) The weather in Texas is always hot and dry, but on February 14 the CLIMATE was cold and snowy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The climate in Texas is hot and dry, but the WEATHER on February 14th was cold and snowy. 26. Which condition is MOST likely to cause the formation of a temperature inversion? A) Rapid cooling of the ground at night. B) High wind on a sunny morning. C) Saturation of soil with warm water. D) Rapid collision of warm and cold fronts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rapid cooling of the ground at night. 27. How long does it take Earth to go around the sun? A) 24 hours. B) 365 years. C) 365 days. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 365 days. 28. The force of molecules pressing on a surface. A) Air pressure. B) Air current. C) Wind. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Air pressure. 29. What instrument measures wind speed? A) Rain gauge. B) Thermometer. C) Anemometer. D) Barometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anemometer. 30. The boundary between two air masses is known as: A) Climate. B) Flood. C) Front. D) Storm. 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