This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 48 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 48 (19 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Ozone in Earth's atmosphere is important because it A) Causes rain to fall. B) Absorbs harmful radiation. C) Absorbs harmful pollution. D) Helps clouds form. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absorbs harmful radiation. 2. Cold air traveling south from Canada is: A) Continental polar. B) Continental tropical. C) Maritime polar. D) Maritime tropical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Continental polar. 3. What connects places on a weather map that have the same pressure? A) Isobars. B) Baromolines. C) Thermobars. D) Thermolines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isobars. 4. Which value would you add to convert Celsius to Kelvin? A) 300. B) 100. C) 98.6. D) 273. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 273. 5. In what layer of the atmosphere does all weather events occur? A) Stratosphere. B) Troposphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Exosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Troposphere. 6. The outermost layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is cold but gets much hotter as you gain altitude is ..... A) Mesosphere. B) Twilight zone. C) Troposphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thermosphere. 7. Without the ..... the wind would not blow and the water would not flow. A) Clouds. B) The Coriolis effect. C) Gravitational Pull. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sun. 8. Instrument that measures wind speed A) Barometer. B) Thermometer. C) Wind vane. D) Anemometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anemometer. 9. Why do you think pirates despise the doldrums. A) Because they don't get a nice breeze in their long pirate beards. B) Because the calm winds interfered with their treasure hunting. C) Because their wind turbines wouldn't power their ships. D) Because they couldn't get their pinwheel toys working. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because the calm winds interfered with their treasure hunting. 10. In some years there are more hurricanes than usual. This is probably because A) The ocean is warmer than usual. B) There are more windy days than usual. C) The ozone layer is very thin. D) The gravitational pull of the Moon is stronger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ocean is warmer than usual. 11. Which of the following is NOT a reason why the atmosphere is important? A) It is made of many layers. B) It provides gases living things need. C) It provides warm temperatures. D) It protects us from UV rays and meteors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is made of many layers. 12. The area over which an air mass forms is: A) Source region. B) Climate. C) Water vapor imagery. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Source region. 13. The symbol on a weather map for a warm front is what? A) A line with semi-circles on it. B) A line with circles on it. C) A line with circles on it. D) A line with triangles on it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A line with semi-circles on it. 14. A tropical cyclonic storm having winds in excess of 119 km/hr A) Lightening. B) Tornado. C) Hurricane. D) Storm surge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hurricane. 15. What causes air pressure to change A) Population. B) Air density. C) Precipitations. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air density. 16. If a cold front is currently passing through the city of Denver, what type of weather conditions is Denver most likely experiencing? A) Warm, foggy weather. B) Hot, dry weather. C) Cooler, dry weather. D) Thunderstorms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thunderstorms. 17. The temperature is so low, below freezing. Condensation cannot occur. Water vapor turns directly into solid. Forms a six sided snowflake. A) Rain. B) Freezing rain. C) Hail. D) Snow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Snow. 18. A Meteorologists study what? A) Living Things. B) Matter and Energy. C) Climate and Weather. D) Weather and Animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climate and Weather. 19. Which is NOT a severe weather we learned about A) Blizzards. B) Thunderstorms. C) Earthquakes. D) Tornadoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earthquakes. ← PreviousRelated 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