This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 37 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What gas makes up the majority of the Earth's atmosphere? A) Ozone. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Nitrogen. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen. 2. Rain, snow, sleet, and hair are all types of ....., which comes from some clouds. A) Precipitation. B) Evaporation. C) Runoff. D) Condensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Precipitation. 3. Global warming is caused by A) Greenhouse gases. B) Fossil fuel use. C) Cars and boats. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. A rain gauge measures what? A) Amount of precipitation. B) Wind speed. C) Air pressure. D) Wind direction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amount of precipitation. 5. What type of clouds are layered and covers most of the sky? A) Nimbus clouds. B) Cirrus clouds. C) Cumulous. D) Stratus Clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stratus Clouds. 6. If you see #1 on a surface map, what type of weather would you expect? A) Heavy precipitation along the front followed by warmer weather. B) Heavy precipitation along the front followed by cooler weather. C) Cooler weather with no significant precipitation. D) Clouds with possible drizzle along the front followed by cooler weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heavy precipitation along the front followed by cooler weather. 7. Wind is caused by A) Differences in latitude. B) Differences in temperature. C) Differences in altitude. D) Difference in pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Difference in pressure. 8. What is the most abundant gas in today's Atmosphere? A) Oxygen. B) Methane. C) Carbon Dioxide. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nitrogen. 9. Winds that blow from the west are called ..... A) Polars. B) Westerlies. C) Easterlies. D) Temperates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Westerlies. 10. Earths Ancient Atmosphere contained gases such as Amonia, Methane, and lots of Carbon Dioxide. These gases were released into the early atmosphere by ..... A) Volcanoes. B) Humans. C) Plants. D) The moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Volcanoes. 11. The Northern Lights appear in which layer of the atmosphere? A) Troposphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Exosphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thermosphere. 12. What kind of heat transfer is related to wind formation? A) Conduction. B) Convection. C) Radiation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convection. 13. The ..... is the layer above the troposphere where temperatures increase as altitude increases. It gets warmer in this layer the higher up you go because this layer contains the ozone layer that absorbs UV rays from the Sun. A) Thermosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stratosphere. 14. Louisa put a bowl of water and a bowl of sand in the sun. She put a thermometer in each bowl. Then she recorded the temperature at the start and after 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, the sand had heated more than the water.Louisa's experiment proved that A) Different materials heat up at different rates. B) Sunlight heats liquids more than solids. C) Different materials absorb the same amount of heat. D) Sunlight does pass through water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Different materials heat up at different rates. 15. Two air masses that meet and do not advance A) Occluded front. B) Stationary front. C) Cold front. D) Warm front. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stationary front. 16. What is the percentage of nitrogen in Earth's atmosphere? A) 1%. B) 21%. C) 78%. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 78%. 17. The layers of the atmosphere are classified by changes in A) Percent of air molecules. B) Temperature. C) Altitude. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperature. 18. In which layer of the atmosphere do all storms occur? A) Mesosphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Troposphere. 19. Long, gray, dark A) Cumulus. B) Cirrostratus. C) Cirrus. D) Stratus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stratus. 20. The hot and humid weather in Texas during the summer is most likely due to what type of air mass? A) Continental tropical. B) Maritime tropical. C) Maritime polar. D) Continental polar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maritime tropical. 21. Usually happens and is over quickly. What type of front? A) Warm. B) Cold. C) Stationary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warm. 22. Suppose the parcel of the air rises adiabatically. What happens with its PRESSURE? A) Remains constant. B) Increases. C) Decreases. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decreases. 23. When was weather data in Saskatchewan first recorded? A) 1983. B) 1883. C) 1800. D) Yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1883. 24. Heat energy traveling through space is an example of ..... A) Conduction. B) Radiation. C) Density. D) Convection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radiation. 25. What most likely occurs when a fast moving cold air mass moves into a region of warmer, moist air? A) It causes heavy precipitation for a long time. B) It causes light precipitation for a long time. C) It causes heavy precipitation for a short time. D) It causes light precipitation for a short time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It causes heavy precipitation for a short time. 26. What causes wind to blow? A) Differences in longitude. B) Shock waves from clouds. C) Differences in air temperature and pressure. D) The rotation of the earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Differences in air temperature and pressure. 27. What is the second layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer? A) Thermosphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stratosphere. 28. The weather forecast tomorrow says there will be a 15 mph northeast wind and a high temperature of 52 degrees. What three instruments will a meteorologist use to make this prediction? A) Anemometer, wind vane, thermometer. B) Barometer, hygrometer, wind vane. C) Wind vane, satellite image, barometer. D) Thermometer, satellite image, hygrometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anemometer, wind vane, thermometer. 29. When did meteorology begin? A) 20th century. B) 17th century. C) Yesterday. D) It hasn't started yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 17th century. 30. The Coriolis effect causes global winds to A) Change directions. B) Rotate. C) Become stronger. D) Curve. 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