This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 18 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The jet stream usually moves from A) North to south. B) West to east. C) East to west. D) South to north. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) West to east. 2. The shortest day of the year is called the A) Autumn Equinox. B) Summer Solstice. C) Winter Solstice. D) Vernal Equinox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Winter Solstice. 3. Because the Earth is spinning. Globally winds cannot travel in a straight line. What is this effect called? A) Nefario effect. B) Gravitational effect. C) Coriolis effect. D) Weather effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coriolis effect. 4. Describe an air mass that forms over water in the gulf of mexico in terms of its temperature and moisture A) Wet and warm. B) Wet and cold. C) Dry and warm. D) Dry and cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wet and warm. 5. Near the top of the troposphere is a narrow band of high speed winds called the ..... A) Westerlies. B) Jet stream. C) Trade winds. D) Local winds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jet stream. 6. The wind direction is- A) Always from an area of low pressure toward high pressure. B) Always from an area of high pressure toward low pressure. C) Always toward the ocean. D) Always toward the land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Always from an area of high pressure toward low pressure. 7. What measures wind speed? A) Barometer. B) Wind vane. C) Anometer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anometer. 8. Which of the following determines the properties of an air mass? A) The conditions of the area over which it forms. B) The phase and position of the moon when it forms. C) The exact time of year when it forms. D) The geology of the area where it forms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The conditions of the area over which it forms. 9. A pellet of hail A) Sleet. B) Snow. C) Frost. D) Hailstone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hailstone. 10. After a period of steady increase, the rate of coal consumption was 50% higher during 2009 than it was during the year 2000. If this trend continues, which impact will coal consumption most likely have on the environment after the year 2010? A) Decreased rates of deforestation. B) Decreased atmospheric temperatures. C) Increased amounts of radioactive waste. D) Increased levels of greenhouse gas emissions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increased levels of greenhouse gas emissions. 11. What is responsible for warming the Earth's surface and creating wind? A) The Moon. B) Earth's interior (inside). C) Coriolis effect. D) The Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Sun. 12. Which weather instrument is most useful in measuring relative humidity? A) Barometer. B) Anenometer. C) Psychrometer. D) Wind vane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Psychrometer. 13. Every raindrop, snowflake, and hailstone must form around a nucleus made of a single speck of ..... . A) Dust or bacteria. B) Stone. C) Magma. D) Gatorade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dust or bacteria. 14. How much advance warning do people have that a hurricane is coming? A) 3-7 days. B) 1 day. C) 2 weeks. D) 4-5 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3-7 days. 15. Where a warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses, a(n) ..... front occurs A) Cold. B) Warm. C) Stationary. D) Occluded. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occluded. 16. What types of air masses form over oceans? A) Maritime. B) Continental. C) Polar. D) Tropical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maritime. 17. What type of front is this? When a cold air mass collides with a warm air mass and slides under it, pushing it up very quickly, making huge tower of cumulonimbus clouds; results in colder weather, thunderstorms and/or possibly tornadoes. A) Cold front. B) Warm Front. C) Stationary Front. D) Occluded Front. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cold front. 18. NS A) No change. B) No Significant Report. C) Nimbo stratus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nimbo stratus. 19. The most common gas in the atmosphere. A) Nitrogen. B) Oxygen. C) Carbon Dioxide. D) Trace gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nitrogen. 20. The science and study of atmosphere A) Relative Humidity. B) Meteorology. C) Air Density. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meteorology. ← 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