This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 36 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Rain that falls and hits a frozen surface. It freezes on contact. Temperatures are below freezing. It forms ice A) Snow. B) Freezing rain. C) Hail. D) Sleet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Freezing rain. 2. Which of these describes an air mass that is located above the ocean close to the equator? A) Maritime Polar. B) Continental Tropical. C) Maritime Tropical. D) Continental Polar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maritime Tropical. 3. Which Planet has a thick atmosphere mostly of Carbon Dioxide causing it to have a runaway greenhouse effect? A) Mars. B) Mercury. C) Venus. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Venus. 4. The Coriolis effect greatly affects the paths of air circulation on Earth. What causes the Coriolis effect? A) The sun. B) The moon. C) Earth's revolution. D) Earth's rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earth's rotation. 5. A line drawn to connect points of equal atmosphere. A) Barometer. B) Thermometer. C) Isobar. D) Anemometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Isobar. 6. What is the Air density change with altitude? A) Density increases with greater altitude. B) Density remains constant with greater altitude. C) Density decreases with greater altitude. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Density decreases with greater altitude. 7. What gas makes up the largest component of the atmosphere? A) Ozone. B) Carbon Dioxide. C) Nitrogen. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen. 8. The following data were recorded over the course of an afternoon in Gaston County:Measurement 4:00 PM 6:00 PM 8:00 PMWind Speed 5 12 20Temperature 95 87 81Humidity (%) 50 73 85What type of front more than likely came through? A) Cold Front. B) Occluded Front. C) Warm Front. D) Stationary Front. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cold Front. 9. A line joining points of equal air temperature A) Isotherm. B) Isobar. C) Barometer. D) Thermometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isotherm. 10. Where a glacier is melting faster than it is gaining snow is called the A) Zone of accumulation. B) Visitors center. C) Zone of dripping. D) Zone of wastage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zone of wastage. 11. Where does most of Earth's weather occur? A) Mesosphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Troposhere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Troposhere. 12. Masses of puffy, white clouds, often with flat bases. They sometimes tower to great heights and can be associated with fair weather or thunderstorms A) Cloud. B) Cumulus. C) Cirrus. D) Stratus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cumulus. 13. ASOS is a weather system that A) Provide essential weather information for aviation, weather forecasting, and research. B) Is useful for tracking clouds only. C) Is useful for showing moisture and cloud patterns. D) Detects different frequencies of thermal energy to map cloud cover or surface temperatures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Provide essential weather information for aviation, weather forecasting, and research. 14. The constant movement of water between the atmosphere and Earth's surface is A) Cloud formation. B) Temperature inversion. C) The water cycle. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The water cycle. 15. Which of the following is a component of the temperature which changes very little? A) Ozone. B) Nitrogen. C) Water vapor. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen. 16. What causes seasons on Earth? A) The Earth's tilt. B) The sun. C) The Earth's rotaion. D) The Earth's revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Earth's tilt. 17. What steps are in the water cycle? A) Ground flow, evaporation, precipitation, run-off. B) Sublimation, rain, sleet, boil. C) Rain, snow, sleet, hail. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ground flow, evaporation, precipitation, run-off. 18. The so-called "ozone hole" is observed above: A) Australia. B) Africa. C) Antarctica. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antarctica. 19. Approximately how many million years ago (mya) were all of Africa and South America inferred to be located south of the equator? A) 119 mya. B) 232 mya. C) 359 mya. D) 59 mya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 359 mya. 20. The way heat moves in liquids and gases is called ..... A) Convection. B) Temperature. C) Radiation. D) Conduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convection. 21. Which states are most known for tornadic activity, also known as tornado alley? A) Texas, Washington, New York, Montana. B) Oklahoma, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama. C) Florida, California, Tennessee, Nevada. D) Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska. 22. After a rain, a puddle of water remains on a sidewalk. After a day of sunshine, the puddle is gone. Which process is most responsible for the disappearance of the puddle? A) Condensation. B) Precipitation. C) Evaporation. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evaporation. 23. The most common gas in the atmosphere (78%). A) Oxygen. B) Trace gases. C) Carbon Dioxide. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nitrogen. 24. Which below is not a process by which CO2 enters the atmosphere? A) Condensation. B) Volcanic Eruptions. C) The burning of fossil fuels. D) The decay of vegetation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Condensation. 25. Round, grape like A) Contrail. B) Stratus. C) Mammatus. D) Lenticular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mammatus. 26. Water droplets that condense from the air onto cool surfaces near the ground are called ..... A) Dew. B) Icicles. C) Precipitation. D) Fog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dew. 27. What is the BOILING point in Degrees FARENHEIT? A) 100. B) 0. C) 32. D) 212. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 212. 28. The boundary between two air masses A) Front. B) Mass. C) Source region. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Front. 29. The dominant west-to-east motion of the atmosphere that characterizes temperate zones A) Polar easterlies. B) Easterlies. C) Trade winds. D) Westerlies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Westerlies. 30. A long-term weather forecast: A) Has complex interactions in the atmosphere that make it difficult to pinpoint exact weather. B) Applies physical principles and mathematics to make predictions and forecasts. C) Looks at patterns from the past to look for similarities that are happening currently. D) Is the most accurate forecast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has complex interactions in the atmosphere that make it difficult to pinpoint exact weather. ← 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