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Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 41 (30 MCQs)

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1. How would life on Earth be affected if the atmosphere did not contain greenhouse gases?
2. Suppose the parcel of the air rises adiabatically. What happens with its RELATIVE HUMIDITY?
3. Which of the following is not a process that decreases the salinity of seawater?
4. A city near the coast experiences local breezes on a frequent basis. Which of these is the BEST explanation for this?
5. A force exerted on a unit area describes Air .....
6. Advancing warm air that displaces cold air
7. How does altitude affect an area's climate?
8. A percent that compares the actual amount of water vapor in the air with the maximum amount the air can hold at a given temperature is called
9. When air masses meet but neither pushes forward into another is known as a .....
10. Line on a map connecting points having the same temperature
11. A funnel-shaped cloud of swirling winds that (1) forms over land, (2) is no more than 1/4 mile wide, (3) lasts no more than an hour, and (4) has winds of up to 300 mph is a
12. When a warm air mass catches up to and overtakes a retreating cold air mass, it forms a(n)-
13. How are hurricanes and tornadoes related to air masses?
14. Most of the energy needed for all the processes on earth comes directly or indirectly from the sun. There is no medium or material connecting the sun to the earth. Therefore, the only type of heat transfer possible to transfer energy from the sun to the earth is
15. Which of the following is not a type of severe weather?
16. Any form of water-snow, sleet, hail, or rain falling from the clouds to Earth.
17. In an activity, students look at different climatic regions of the United States to determine what types of plants will grow in certain regions. One group chooses to look at a region with heavy annual rainfall and an average annual temperature of 18 degrees Celsius (64.4 degrees Fahrenheit). Which plant could best be grown in that climatic region?
18. On a weather map, which type of front is shown by a line with semicircles extending from one side?
19. How long does it take the Earth to spin once on its axis?
20. A student heats salt water in a beaker on a hot plate to model how ocean currents are generated. What is the most important way in which this model fails to accurately show how ocean currents are generated?
21. What is the first layer of the atmosphere? (the one we live in)
22. When a cold air mass moves into an area with a warm air mass, it is ..... front.
23. What is the temperature at 12000AMSL according to ISA (on a standard day)?
24. What gas in our atmosphere is responsible for blocking out Ultra Violet Radiation
25. Mid level puffy cloud .....
26. The letter 'H' on a weather map stands for a ..... zone.
27. What weather would you find at a stationary front?
28. When a rapidly moving cold air mass replaces and pushes up on a slower-moving warm air mass, the result is a(n)-
29. Auroras occur where Earth's magnetosphere traps high-energy particles in which region of the atmosphere?
30. A student is studying the formation of hurricanes. He reads a news item that describes a hurricane that formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean with wind speeds of 120 kilometers per hour. In class, the student says that if the hurricane had formed in the northern Pacific Ocean near Alaska, it would have had stronger winds. The teacher tells the student that this is not possible. Why does the teacher tell the student that the suggestion about hurricanes is not possible?
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