This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. As a cold front passes through ..... A) Temperatures will rise. B) Temperatures will drop. C) Temperatures will stay the same. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperatures will drop. 2. What happens to a parcel of air when it rises farther and farther into the troposphere? A) It cools and becomes denser. B) It warms up and becomes denser. C) It cools and becomes even lighter. D) It never returns to the surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It cools and becomes denser. 3. Most clouds are formed in what layer? A) Mesosphere. B) Thermosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Troposphere. 4. When a warm air mass overtakes a cold air mass, it forms a(n) A) Stationary front. B) Occluded front. C) Warm front. D) Cold front. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Warm front. 5. Planes fly here to avoid weather. A) Ionosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stratosphere. 6. Which weather condition will most likely occur when the atmospheric pressure in an area begins falling? A) Rainy. B) Dry. C) Sunny. D) Cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rainy. 7. Which of these causes wind? A) Differences in humidity between two regions. B) Differences in temperature between two regions. C) Differences in pressure between two regions. D) All of these are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Differences in pressure between two regions. 8. When convection occurs in the atmosphere, A) Cool air rises and warm air sinks. B) Cool air sinks and warm air rises. C) Cool and warm air sink. D) Cool and warm air rise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cool air sinks and warm air rises. 9. Involves three air masses of different temperatures-cold air, cool air and warm air A) Occluded Front. B) Stationary Front. C) Cool Front. D) Warm Front. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Occluded Front. 10. How much advance warning do people have that a tornado is coming? A) 15-30 minutes. B) 45 minutes. C) 1 hour. D) 2 1/2 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 15-30 minutes. 11. Which most likely produces clear, cool weather? A) A low pressure system. B) Zero air pressure. C) A high pressure system. D) Stable air pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A high pressure system. 12. Due to the Coriolis effect, winds in the Northern Hemisphere are deflected to the ..... A) Top. B) Bottom. C) Left. D) Right. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Right. 13. What type of air mass will bring warm, humid air? A) Maritime Polar. B) Continental Tropical. C) Maritime Tropical. D) Continental Polar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maritime Tropical. 14. The average decrease in air temperature with increasing height above the surface. A) Lapse Rate. B) Altitude. C) Density. D) Pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lapse Rate. 15. Winds will circulate around a low pressure system A) The the right. B) To the left. C) Not enough information to tell. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To the left. 16. A student examines the temperature and precipitation on a given day using a Celsius thermometer and a rain gauge. The student is measuring - A) Climate only. B) Specific weather conditions. C) Wind speed only. D) Temperature only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Specific weather conditions. 17. As you travel from the surface of the Earth up through the atmosphere into outer space, the gases become A) More dense. B) Higher in temperature. C) Less dense. D) Consistently lower in temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Less dense. 18. Which of these circumstances will cause a hurricane originate? A) If the hurricane moves over warmer water. B) If the hurricane moves over colder water. C) If the hurricane moves over dry land. D) If the hurricane moves into drier air. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If the hurricane moves over warmer water. 19. Tornado Alley has many tornadoes because the jet stream brings cool, dry, high-pressure air masses from Canada. What type air mass does it collide with to form a tornado? A) Moist, cool, low-pressure air masses from Canada. B) Dry, warm, high-pressure air masses from the Atlantic Ocean. C) Moist, warm, low-pressure air masses from the Gulf of Mexico. D) Dry, cool, high-pressure air masses from Alaska. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moist, warm, low-pressure air masses from the Gulf of Mexico. 20. What is the hottest and fourth layer of the atmosphere? A) Stratosphere. B) Troposphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thermosphere. 21. Which of the following is an example of weather system? A) PDO. B) ENSO. C) Tropical Cyclones. D) Global Warming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tropical Cyclones. 22. What are the convection zones A) Global trade westerlies. B) Cold warm atlantic. C) Abdc. D) Tropical, temperate, polar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tropical, temperate, polar. 23. How does humidity affect body temperature? A) Makes the body colder with more water on the skin's surface. B) Makes the body hotter since sweat can't evaporate. C) Both of these are true. D) Neither of these are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Makes the body hotter since sweat can't evaporate. 24. Heat would best be transferred by conduction between A) A candle and the air. B) An oven and a glass dish. C) A stove and a copper pot. D) Water and a wooden spoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A stove and a copper pot. 25. Air pressure pushes in ..... directions. A) All. B) Two. C) Three. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All. 26. A large body of air with similar characteristics throughout A) Air Mass. B) Isotherm. C) Precipitation. D) Cyclone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Air Mass. 27. Thunder is caused by ..... A) The rapid expansion of superheated air. B) The electric barrier. C) The impact of electricity hitting the Earth. D) The discharge of ultraviolet energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The rapid expansion of superheated air. 28. The stage of the water cycle when water turns from a gas to a liquid. A) Condensation. B) Evaporation. C) Precipitation. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Condensation. 29. Which layer has the greatest concentration of gas particles (greatest density)? A) Troposphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Troposphere. 30. The study of physics, chemistry, and dynamics of atmospheric occurrences is ..... A) Imbalanced heating. B) Weather. C) Climate. D) Meteorology. 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