Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 3 (20 MCQs)

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1. If your latitude is close to 90 degrees North, you live in which zone?

Correct Answer: A) Polar Zone.

2. What does carbon dioxide in the atmosphere do?

Correct Answer: A) It absorbs heat energy.

3. High-altitude, high-velocity "rivers" of air are called

Correct Answer: B) Jet streams.

4. As altitude increases, temperature in the ..... decreases (cools).

Correct Answer: C) Troposphere, mesophere.

5. When a warm air mass overtakes a retreating cold air mass, it forms a(n)-

Correct Answer: C) Warm front.

6. An anemometer measures

Correct Answer: A) Wind speed.

7. When the front passes, the weather turns colder. What type of front?

Correct Answer: B) Cold.

8. Where you will find Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)

Correct Answer: B) Ionsophere.

9. The March 2019 North American Blizzard was called a "bomb cyclone" . What causes these events?

Correct Answer: D) Air pressure dropped 0.89 inHg in 24 hours producing winds over 100 mph.

10. Which weather instrument do you use to measure air pressure

Correct Answer: A) Barometer.

11. Weather occurs

Correct Answer: A) Only in the troposphere.

12. Which term is best described as the movement of air from land to sea?

Correct Answer: C) Land breeze.

13. The temperature at which air becomes saturated

Correct Answer: C) Dew Point.

14. What is it called when two air masses meet?

Correct Answer: A) Front.

15. Forces such as friction and air drag acts across the boundary surface of an object. These forces are considered as what?

Correct Answer: B) Surface Forces.

16. Average weather over a period of time

Correct Answer: B) Climate.

17. Which of the following is the correct order of the atmosphere layers from Earth to space?

Correct Answer: A) Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere.

18. What gas is important for weather to occur in the troposphere?

Correct Answer: B) Water vapor (H2O).

19. A metal spoon heating up in a hot bowl of soup

Correct Answer: B) Conduction.

20. Lightning and thunder, strong winds, heavy rain, and sometimes hail are all characteristics of

Correct Answer: D) A thunderstorm.