This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The atmosphere protects the Earth from ..... A) Earthquakes. B) Comets and Meteors. C) Tsunamis. D) Faults. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comets and Meteors. 2. What factors influence deep ocean currents A) Temperature. B) Salinity. C) Density. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 3. Solid particles in the atmosphere include salt and A) Ozone. B) Leaves. C) Dust. D) Lightning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dust. 4. If the air is only holding one-third as much moisture as it can possibly hold, what is the relative humidity? A) 33%. B) 50%. C) 67%. D) 25%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 33%. 5. Thin, curly-looking clouds seen high in the sky are called A) Storm clouds. B) Stratus clouds. C) Cumulus clouds. D) Cirrus clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cirrus clouds. 6. A volcanic ash layer is a good geologic time marker for correlating rock layers because the ash layer was deposited over a A) Wide geographic area over a short time. B) Limited geographic area over a long time. C) Wide geographic area over a long time. D) Limited geographic area over a short time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wide geographic area over a short time. 7. Barometric pressure drops significantly. What type of front? A) Warm. B) Cold. C) Stationary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cold. 8. Most of Earth's atmosphere is composed of A) Oxygen and hydrogen. B) Hydrogen and nitrogen. C) Nitrogen and oxygen. D) Carbon and ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen and oxygen. 9. The boundary between two adjoining air masses having contrasting characteristics A) Hurricane. B) Cyclone. C) Anticyclone. D) Front. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Front. 10. The force exerted by the weight of a column of air above a given point A) Front. B) Prevailing winds. C) Pressure gradient. D) Air pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Air pressure. 11. How many tornadoes occur each year in the U.S.? A) 200-300. B) 800-1, 000. C) 10-20. D) 500-600. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 800-1, 000. 12. What is the Air temperature change with altitude? A) Temperature increases with greater altitude. B) Temperature decreases with greater altitude. C) Temperature remains constant with greater altitude. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperature decreases with greater altitude. 13. What tool measures air temperature? A) Barometer. B) Rain gauge. C) Thermometer. D) Anemometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thermometer. 14. The unequal heating rates of India's land and water are caused by A) Land having a higher density than water. B) Water having a higher density than land. C) Land having a higher specific heat than water. D) Water having a higher specific heat than land. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water having a higher specific heat than land. 15. ..... forms a HIGH pressure region of the Earth. A) Warm, sinking. B) Warm, rising. C) Cool, sinking. D) Cool rising. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cool, sinking. 16. The bigger the hail the more times it was carried by ..... into freezing air. A) Rightdrafts. B) Leftdrafts. C) Updrafts. D) Downdrafts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Updrafts. 17. The center of a hurricane is called the ..... A) Storm surge. B) Eye wall. C) Eye. D) Funnel cloud. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eye. 18. Where can convection happen? A) In oceans. B) In the atmosphere. C) In a pot of water. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 19. A ..... can from when a rapidly spinning column of low pressure air, called a funnel cloud touches the ground. A) Thunderstorm. B) Hurricane. C) Tornado. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tornado. 20. The coldest layer. A) Thermosphere. B) Exosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mesosphere. 21. Movement of air from sea to land during the day when cooler air from above the water moves over the land, forcing the heated, less dense air above the land to rise A) Wind. B) Land breeze. C) Sea breeze. D) Low air pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sea breeze. 22. In which layer of the atmosphere do we live? A) Stratosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Troposphere. 23. What is a source region? A) Geographic areas where an air mass originates. B) A place where all natual resources can be found. C) When all types of clouds can be formed here. D) Where an air mass is conjoined with rain and many many other clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geographic areas where an air mass originates. 24. A large amount of humid air that cools below 0$^\circ$C can produce a(an) ..... storm. A) Rain storm. B) Snow storm/blizzard. C) Hurricane. D) Tornado. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Snow storm/blizzard. 25. What is the freezing point of water in CELCIUS? A) 100. B) 210. C) 0. D) 32. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 0. 26. Which two factors will increase the rate of a stream's flow? A) Decreased precipitation and decreased slope. B) Decreased precipitation and increased slope. C) Increased precipitation and decreased slope. D) Increased precipitation and increased slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increased precipitation and increased slope. 27. Which event occurred more than 10 billion years ago? A) Big Bang. B) Origin of life on Earth. C) Pangaea begins to break up. D) Origin of Earth and its Moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Big Bang. 28. High Pressure is associated with this type of weather ..... A) Warm Weather. B) Cloudy/Overcast Weather. C) Cold Weather. D) Fair Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fair Weather. 29. A heavy storm that is accompanied by rain, thunder, lightning, and strong winds. A) Hurricane. B) Tornado. C) Thunderstorm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thunderstorm. 30. What tool measures air pressure? A) Thermometer. B) Anemometer. C) Barometer. D) Rain gauge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barometer. ← 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 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books