This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 16 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Clouds are made up of tiny drops of ..... or ice. The moisture in the cloud affects the weather. A) Dust. B) Water. C) Cloud particles. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 2. Lines on a map that connect points of equal pressure are A) Boundaries. B) Isobars. C) Isotherms. D) Station models. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Isobars. 3. Which of the following is NOT an aspect of thermometers? A) Measures temperature. B) Tube contains mercury. C) Tells you how much it rained last nightght. D) Tells you if it is hot or cold outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tells you how much it rained last nightght. 4. ..... air is more dense and tends to sink A) Cold. B) Warm. C) Moist. D) Dry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cold. 5. A large body of air that has properties similar to the part of Earth's surface over which it develops A) Meteorology. B) Air front. C) Air mass. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Air mass. 6. The flow of air due to pressure differences is known as ..... A) Wind. B) Humidity. C) Current. D) Air Mass. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wind. 7. Which process does NOT lead to a decrease in the salinity of water? A) Runoff from land. B) Precipitation. C) Sea ice melting. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evaporation. 8. A severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and has reached a minimum wind speed of 119 km/hr. A) Hurricane. B) Tornado. C) Thunderstorm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hurricane. 9. When two unlike air masses meet, what usually keeps them separate? A) Temperature difference. B) Moisture difference. C) Differences in density. D) Differences in pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Differences in density. 10. Very high feathery clouds are called A) Cumulus. B) Stratus. C) Cirrus. D) Cumulonimbus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cirrus. 11. Liquid water precipitation. A) Sleet. B) Rain. C) Snow. D) Hail. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rain. 12. Very high combo cloud A) Cumulus. B) Stratus. C) Cirrostratus. D) Nimbostratus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cirrostratus. 13. How do we name air masses? A) Water and temperature. B) Air pressure. C) Humidity and temperature. D) Cold and warm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humidity and temperature. 14. METARs and TAFs report cloud base and top? A) In 100's feet AAL. B) In 100's feet AMSL. C) Meters AGL. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In 100's feet AAL. 15. What cools off faster during a land breeze? A) The ocean. B) The land. C) Cold front. D) Warm front. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The land. 16. Once the sun's energy reaches the earth's atmosphere through radiation, it is circulated within the atmosphere and oceans through ..... A) Conduction. B) Convection. C) Insulation. D) Radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convection. 17. When air is cooled near its dewpoint near the ground A) Columbus. B) Cumulus. C) Cirrus. D) Stratus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stratus. 18. When a warm air mass takes over a cold air mass and causes drizzly rain, what type of front occurs? A) Warm front. B) Stationary front. C) Cold front. D) Occluded front. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warm front. 19. Why do winds spin around high pressure and low pressure systems? A) The Coriolis effect. B) The layer of the atmosphere. C) The pressure gradient. D) The temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Coriolis effect. 20. Why does hurricane season not end until October? A) It takes water a long time to cool down. B) Water cools down pretty quickly. C) It takes water a long time to heat up. D) Water heats up quickly and it cools down quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It takes water a long time to cool down. ← 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