This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 35 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 35 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which term refers to the atmospheric conditions that prevail from season to season and year to year at a certain location? A) Weather. B) Equilibrium. C) Climate. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climate. 2. Click on the answer that is NOT a Fossil Fuel A) Natural Gas. B) Coal. C) Carbon Dioxide. D) Oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon Dioxide. 3. What are the four mechanisms that can cause air to rise? A) Orographic lifting, frontal wedgie, condensation, localized convention lifting. B) Orographic lifting, frontal wedging, convergence, localized convective lifting. C) Oceanic lifting, frontal wedgie, convection, localized convention lifting. D) Orographic lifting, frontal wedging, convection lifting, convergance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Orographic lifting, frontal wedging, convergence, localized convective lifting. 4. In precipitation mode, the radar completes a volume scan every how many minutes depending upon which volume coverage pattern (VCP) is in operation? A) Every 30 minutes. B) Every 4 - 6 minutes. C) Every 1 hour. D) Every 5 - 10 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Every 4 - 6 minutes. 5. What is a METAR? A) Report of real weather observed at given aerodrome at certain time. B) Forecast of weather for given aerodrome and time period. C) Meteorologigal area report for given FIR. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Report of real weather observed at given aerodrome at certain time. 6. Air is warmer and less dense at the equator because the equator receives more ..... A) Wind. B) Air pressure. C) Solar radiation. D) Condensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solar radiation. 7. Earth's interior at a depth of 3500 kilometers is believed to be A) Liquid at a temperature of approximately 5400$^\circ$C. B) Solid at a temperature of approximately 4900$^\circ$C. C) Solid at a temperature of approximately 5400$^\circ$C. D) Liquid at a temperature of approximately 4900$^\circ$C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liquid at a temperature of approximately 5400$^\circ$C. 8. How long does it take the Earth to Rotate one complete time? A) 24 hours. B) 365 days 6 hours. C) 29 days. D) 365 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 24 hours. 9. Darker stratus clouds that contain more moisture. Produce heavier rain A) Fog. B) Nimbostratus. C) Cumulostratus. D) Cumulonimbus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nimbostratus. 10. A circular shaped area on top of a mountain carved by a glacier is called a A) Square. B) Cube. C) Arete. D) Cirque. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cirque. 11. When are hurricanes most likely to occur and why? A) Early Winter, because the ocean water is very cold. B) Early Spring, because the ocean water is starting to warm. C) Late Summer, because the ocean water is at it's warmest. D) Late Fall, because the ocean water has cooled off. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Late Summer, because the ocean water is at it's warmest. 12. The US is primarily affected by this global wind belt. A) Coriolis. B) Westerly. C) Trade. D) Easterly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Westerly. 13. Carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and ozone trap heat in the atmosphere. Because of this function, what term do we use to refer to them? A) Low pressure. B) Humidity. C) Greenhouse gases. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greenhouse gases. 14. Which element of weather has the definition "The distance one can see" A) Air pressure. B) Density. C) Visibility. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Visibility. 15. In the Northern Hemisphere, surface winds tend to blow this way around an area of surface low pressure. A) They blow counterclockwise and outward. B) They blow counterclockwise and inward. C) They blow clockwise and inward. D) They blow clockwise and outward. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They blow clockwise and inward. 16. The condition of the air outdoors is- A) Climate. B) Weather. C) Average temperature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weather. 17. Warm air is ..... dense so it has ..... air pressure A) Less, high. B) More, lower. C) More, high. D) Less, lower. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Less, lower. 18. The result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area is called ..... A) Altitude. B) Air pressure. C) Pressure. D) Density. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air pressure. 19. Which most likely produces clear, sunny weather? A) A low pressure system. B) A high pressure system. C) Zero air pressure. D) Stable air pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A high pressure system. 20. Land breezes near bodies of water occur because A) Land cools off much faster than water. B) Water cools off much faster than land. C) Water heats up much faster than land. D) Land and water heat up at the same rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Land cools off much faster than water. 21. What type of weather is associated with a high pressure system? A) Rain. B) Tornados. C) Clear skies. D) There is no such thing as a high pressure system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clear skies. 22. Which type of fronts causes precipitation? A) Cold. B) Warm. C) Occluded. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 23. This layer is where weather occurs A) Stratosphere. B) Exosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Troposphere. 24. What is climate? A) A day-to-day observation made for a region. B) An observation made for a region over several years. C) The weight of the air above you. D) Water in the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An observation made for a region over several years. 25. What are snowdrifts A) Huge mountains of snow that winds make. B) Sleet, hail, and snow. C) Rain and snow mixed together. D) Another term for snowstorm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Huge mountains of snow that winds make. 26. Two cold air masses collide and push a warm air mass between them A) Stationary front. B) Cold front. C) Occluded front. D) Warm front. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occluded front. 27. Weather varies in different parts of the world depending on what time of year it is. What causes this seasonal variation? A) Earth's tilted axis. B) Earth's chemical composition. C) Earth's gravitational pull. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth's tilted axis. 28. Which statement correctly defines wind? A) Wind is the movement of air from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure. B) Wind is the movement of air to a colder area in the atmosphere. C) Wind is the movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure. D) Wind is the movement of air pushed around and bouncing off Earth's surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wind is the movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure. 29. A narrow band of strong winds that blows from west to east A) Jet Stream. B) Trade Winds. C) Doldrums. D) Polar Easterlies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jet Stream. 30. What is weather? A) A day-to-day observations made for a region. B) An observations made for a region over several years. C) The weight of the air above you. D) Water in the atmosphere. 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