Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 39 (20 MCQs)

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1. In what layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?

Correct Answer: A) Troposphere.

2. Which type of air rises faster?

Correct Answer: B) Warm.

3. What is the mixture of gases surrounding the Earth called?

Correct Answer: C) Atmosphere.

4. Long term variations in weather make up the

Correct Answer: A) Climate.

5. Which of the following is NOT a type of radiation given off by our Sun.

Correct Answer: C) Sound.

6. Why does air have pressure?

Correct Answer: B) It has mass.

7. What is the term for where air masses meet?

Correct Answer: B) Front.

8. When the air has reached 100% humidity, what will most likely follow?

Correct Answer: C) Rain showers.

9. This pressure system is associated with bad weather, high humidity, many clouds, rain or snow.

Correct Answer: C) Low.

10. Know as mare tails above 18, 000

Correct Answer: C) Cirrus.

11. Moisture falling from the sky is

Correct Answer: D) Precipitations.

12. Winds are caused by differences in

Correct Answer: D) Air pressure.

13. Which layer of the atmosphere contains our ozone layer that protects us from ultraviolet light?

Correct Answer: C) Stratosphere.

14. Which air mass may produce an occasional "nor'easter" during winter?

Correct Answer: C) MP.

15. What direction would the wind be blowing in a high pressure system in the northern hemisphere?

Correct Answer: A) Clockwise.

16. A short-term weather forecast:

Correct Answer: D) Is the most accurate forecast.

17. Warm, rising air forms a ..... region of the surface of Earth.

Correct Answer: A) Low pressure.

18. What is the main source of energy that drives all weather patterns?

Correct Answer: A) The sun.

19. Stratus clouds that form near the ground

Correct Answer: C) Fog.

20. What unit is used to measure humidity?

Correct Answer: A) Percent.