This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 36 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Follows aircraft A) Cirrus. B) Contrails. C) Stratus. D) Cumulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contrails. 2. A(n) ..... front may bring many days of rain because neither air mass can move the other. A) Occluded. B) Warm. C) Cold. D) Stationary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stationary. 3. Hurricanes and tornadoes are associated with ..... A) High pressure systems. B) Low pressure systems. C) Medium pressure systems. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Low pressure systems. 4. Temperature is measured in ..... A) Degrees. B) Inches. C) Centimeters. D) Feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Degrees. 5. Virginia is in the mid latitudes. Which best describes Virginia's climate? A) Temperate. B) Tropical. C) Subtropical. D) Subpolar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperate. 6. What do we call the temperature at which air becomes saturated? A) Dew point. B) Saturation. C) Fall point. D) Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dew point. 7. Heat from a campfire reaches you by A) Convection. B) Conduction. C) Radiation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radiation. 8. Form at low altitude. Sheet like:associated with steady rain, snow or very cloudy days A) Cirrus. B) Nimbostatus. C) Stratus. D) Cumulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratus. 9. What protects Earth from ultraviolet rays from the sun? A) Ozone layer. B) Mesosphere. C) Air pressure. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ozone layer. 10. Which statement bests explains why the force of a hurricane diminishes as the hurricane moves over land? A) A high pressure system develops. B) The sea levels rises on the coast. C) The winds start to spin clockwise. D) The supply of warm, moist air decreases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The supply of warm, moist air decreases. 11. The temperature in the troposphere, the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere, ranges from 17$^\circ$C to -51$^\circ$C, decreasing as altitude increases. However, in the layer above the troposphere, the stratosphere, the temperature gradually increases to -15$^\circ$C as the altitude increases. Why does the temperature increase with altitude in the stratosphere? A) Because ozone reflects energy from the Sun because it is not a greenhouse gas. B) Because ozone absorbs energy from the Sun because it is a greenhouse gas. C) Because meteoroids break apart in this layer. D) Because meteoroids absorb light in this layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because ozone absorbs energy from the Sun because it is a greenhouse gas. 12. Many clouds have a high albedo and therefore tend to A) Absord sunlight. B) Relfect sunlight. C) Transmit sunlight. D) Radiate sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relfect sunlight. 13. What is the science of studying and predicting the weather? A) Astronomy. B) Meteorology. C) Astrology. D) Weatherology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meteorology. 14. Low pressure will usually bring what kind of weather? A) Sunny. B) Calm. C) Stormy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stormy. 15. Large body of air with the same temperature and humidity A) Weather. B) Front. C) Wind. D) Air mass. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Air mass. 16. What can cloud seeding cause? A) Keep you dry. B) Allow rain to fall over a very large area. C) Cause rain to fall from a cloud that normally wouldn't produce rain. D) Rain to fall from clear skies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cause rain to fall from a cloud that normally wouldn't produce rain. 17. Whats the lowest layer of the atmosphere where weather happens? A) Troposphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Stratosphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Troposphere. 18. Water vapor is one of the components of the air in the atmosphere. What change causes the vapor in the air to form clouds? A) As air rises in the atmosphere, it becomes warmer and cannot hold as much water. B) As air cools, water vapor in the air condenses to liquid or solid state. C) Air rises, the water becomes heavier and changes form. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As air cools, water vapor in the air condenses to liquid or solid state. 19. Which of the following supports the Universal Law of Gravitation? A) A more massive object has greater attraction force than the less massive object. B) A less massive object has greater attraction force than the more massive object. C) A more massive object has equal attraction force with the less massive object. D) No attraction force is felt by two objects with great distance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A more massive object has equal attraction force with the less massive object. 20. Lightning happens when the ..... charges in the bottom of the cloud are attracted to the ..... charges in the ground. A) Positive; negative. B) Negative; positive. C) Neutral; negative. D) It does not matter as long as they are opposite charges. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative; positive. ← 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