This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 23 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When cold air in the winter passes over large bodies of warm water, moisture is picked up. As the air mass rises rapidly over land, A) Lightning generally occurs. B) Precipitation generally occurs. C) Cold fronts become warm fronts. D) Hurricanes are formed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Precipitation generally occurs. 2. Maritime tropical (Gulf of Mexico) A) Warm and humid. B) Cold and dry. C) Cool and humid. D) Warm and dry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warm and humid. 3. The abnormal rise of the sea along a shore as a result of strong winds A) Storm surge. B) High tides. C) Spring tides. D) Neap tides. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Storm surge. 4. What is O3? A) Oxygen. B) Ozone. C) Oranges. D) Opposites. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ozone. 5. What is the Air pressure change with altitude? A) Pressure increases with greater altitude. B) Pressure decreases with greater altitude. C) Pressure remains constant with greater altitude. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pressure decreases with greater altitude. 6. At what angle is the Earth's Axis tilted A) 52.3 degrees. B) 23.5 degrees. C) 90 degrees. D) 25.3 degrees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 23.5 degrees. 7. Which is caused by differences in air pressure? A) Snow. B) Rain. C) Clouds. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wind. 8. Which statement best describes the weather shown by the purple combination of semicircles and triangles on a line on a weather map? A) A warm front brings drizzly weather. B) A cold front can cause heavy rain, thunder, and lightning. C) A stationary front may produce rainy or snowy weather for several days. D) An occluded front can cause light to heavy precipitation that may last several days. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An occluded front can cause light to heavy precipitation that may last several days. 9. This tool measures humidity. A) Barometer. B) Hydrometer. C) Thermometer. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 10. A thunderstorm is most intense during its ..... A) Mature stage. B) Cumulus stage. C) Wave stage. D) Dissipating stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mature stage. 11. Humidity is measured using a: A) Anemometer. B) Thermometer. C) Barometer. D) Hygrometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hygrometer. 12. What makes up 99% of the atmosphere? A) Nitrogen. B) Oxygen. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Nitrogen and oxygen together. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nitrogen and oxygen together. 13. The process of turning from liquid to vapor is? A) Matter. B) Spongebob. C) Evaporation. D) Relative Humidity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evaporation. 14. Falling barometric pressure means what? A) Fair weather is on the way. B) A storm is on the way. C) Nice light rain is coming. D) Cloudy skies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A storm is on the way. 15. What type of front occurs when a warm air mass gets cut-off from the ground by two cool air masses? A) Cold front. B) Warm front. C) Occluded front. D) Stationary front. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occluded front. 16. The study of weather A) Astronomy. B) Meteorology. C) Archaeology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meteorology. 17. These type of clouds are found highest in the atmosphere and contain ice crystals. A) Cumulus. B) Cirrus. C) Alto. D) Nimbus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cirrus. 18. The measure of the force with which air molecules push down on Earth's surface is ..... A) Air pusher. B) Air pressure. C) Air temperature. D) Air conditioner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air pressure. 19. The atmosphere is divided into spherical layers based upon the ..... A) Amount of precipitation contained within each layer of the atmosphere. B) Concentration of oxygen contained within each layer of the atmosphere. C) Variation in the concentration and amount of ozone contained within each layer. D) Temperature changes from variations in absorption of solar energy within each layer of the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperature changes from variations in absorption of solar energy within each layer of the atmosphere. 20. Which two mantle hot spots are located at midocean ridges? A) Iceland and Yellowstone. B) Galapagos and Tasman. C) St. Helena and Hawaii. D) Easter Island and Bouvet. 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