This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When rapidly moving cold air mass runs into a warm air mass the cold air slides under the warm air. This is called a ..... A) Cold front. B) Warm front. C) Stationary front. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cold front. 2. Low pressure means ..... skies. A) Vanishing. B) Clear. C) Empty. D) Cloudy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cloudy. 3. The current condition of the air outdoors, such as temperature, cloud cover, wind speed, and rain fall. A) Climate. B) Prediction. C) Warm Front. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weather. 4. The small sub-layer of the atmosphere that contains charged particles (ions) is the ..... A) Mesosphere. B) Troposphere. C) Magnetosphere. D) Ionosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ionosphere. 5. The large puffy (cotton candy looking) are very pretty, but are they fair weather clouds or storm clouds? A) Ocean clouds. B) Storm clouds. C) Fair weather clouds. D) Desert clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fair weather clouds. 6. Lines on a map that connect points of equal temperature are A) Isotherms. B) Isobars. C) Boundaries. D) Station models. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isotherms. 7. Occurs when colder air advances toward warmer air and collides head on A) Hot Front. B) Cool Front. C) Cold Front. D) Warm Front. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cold Front. 8. When a rapidly moving cold air mass runs into a slow moving warm air mass, the result is a(n) A) Warm front. B) Stationary front. C) Occluded front. D) Cold front. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cold front. 9. What is a Meteorologist? A) A scientist who studies weather. B) A scientist who studies rocks. C) A scientist who studies dinosaurs. D) A scientist who studies plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A scientist who studies weather. 10. High pressure is where A) Air is falling. B) Air is rising. C) Air is stagnate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Air is falling. 11. Where would you expect to find the strongest wind? A) Desert. B) Mountains. C) City. D) Forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desert. 12. When a rapidly moving cold air mass replaces and forces a slower-moving warm air mass up, the result is a(n)- A) Stationary front. B) Warm front. C) Occluded front. D) Cold front. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cold front. 13. A(n) ..... is a fast-moving front that often brings thunderstorms followed by clear skies. A) Occluded front. B) Cold front. C) Warm front. D) Stationary front. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cold front. 14. Earth's ozone layer is ..... A) Has been thickening over the past several years. B) Filters harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun. C) Traps carbon dioxide in the stratosphere. D) Exists only over Antarctica. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Filters harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun. 15. Air pressure is the ..... that air has on a surface or object A) Height. B) Distance. C) Protuberance. D) Force. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Force. 16. The Earth's atmosphere is mainly made of A) Wax. B) Air. C) Snow. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air. 17. A red line on a weather map represents a ..... front. A) Store. B) Stationary. C) Cold. D) Warm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warm. 18. How does air pressure change as you climb a mountain? A) It increases (more air pressure). B) The temperature gets warmer. C) Stays the same. D) It decreases (less air pressure). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It decreases (less air pressure). 19. Which water cycle stage creates clouds? A) Runoff. B) Evaporation. C) Condensation. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Condensation. 20. A pot is heated on a stove. Which process causes the metal handle of the post to all become hot? A) Radiation. B) Conduction. C) Combustion. D) Convection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conduction. 21. High pressure means ..... skies. A) Cloudy. B) Clear. C) Pink. D) Grey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clear. 22. Condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place A) Weather. B) Climate. C) Atmosphere. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weather. 23. Which tool should be used to measure water vapor in the air? A) Hygrometer. B) Thermometer. C) Barometer. D) Anemometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hygrometer. 24. Where can you find pressure systems and weather front analysis? A) In METARs. B) In TAFs. C) On Synoptical charts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On Synoptical charts. 25. In nature, heat always flows from a: A) Cold object to a warm object. B) Small object to a big object. C) Warm object to a cold object. D) Large object to a small object. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Warm object to a cold object. 26. When air is heated, it will MOST likely A) Expand and fall. B) Expand and rise. C) Condense and fall. D) Condense and rise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expand and rise. 27. This tool measures air pressure. A) Hydrometer. B) Barometer. C) Thermometer. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barometer. 28. Areas maintain certain average temperatures because: A) An air mass forms over an area. B) Earth's rotation on its tilted axis and the spherical shape of Earth that causes different angles to face towards the sun. C) The constant movement of air and movement of water in the water cycle. D) Short term variations in atmospheric occurrences. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The constant movement of air and movement of water in the water cycle. 29. An air mass's ability to resist rising A) Dew point. B) Stability. C) Latent heat. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stability. 30. What produced oxygen in the early stages of our atmosphere's formation? A) Volcanos. B) Cyanobacteria. C) Nebula. D) Plate Tectonics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cyanobacteria. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books