This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 14 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The bigger the hail the more times it was carried by ..... into freezing air. A) Updrafts. B) Downdrafts. C) Leftdrafts. D) Rightdrafts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Updrafts. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. The coldest layer. A) Troposphere. B) Thermosphere. C) Exosphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mesosphere. 6. 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. 7. In which layer of the atmosphere do we live? A) Stratosphere. B) Thermosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Troposphere. 8. 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. 9. A large amount of humid air that cools below 0$^\circ$C can produce a(an) ..... storm. A) Rain storm. B) Hurricane. C) Tornado. D) Snow storm/blizzard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Snow storm/blizzard. 10. What is the freezing point of water in CELCIUS? A) 32. B) 0. C) 100. D) 210. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 0. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. High Pressure is associated with this type of weather ..... A) Cloudy/Overcast Weather. B) Cold Weather. C) Warm Weather. D) Fair Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fair Weather. 14. 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. 15. What tool measures air pressure? A) Thermometer. B) Barometer. C) Anemometer. D) Rain gauge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barometer. 16. Study of earth's atmosphere including climate and weather is known as A) Geology. B) Astrology. C) Climatology. D) Meteorology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meteorology. 17. What tool measures wind speed and direction? A) Thermometer. B) Barometer. C) Anemometer. D) Rain gauge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anemometer. 18. What are Doldrums? A) An area in the sea with high wind activity. B) A place where many earthquakes occur. C) An area in the sea with little to no wind activity. D) Book by Nicholas Gannon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An area in the sea with little to no wind activity. 19. Which gas makes up the largest portion of air in the atmosphere? A) Oxygen. B) Nitrogen. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Methane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen. 20. A scientist specializing in the study of weather is called a(n) A) Astronomer. B) Geologist. C) Meteorologist. D) Oceanographer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meteorologist. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesWeather 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 8Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books