Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 48 (20 MCQs)

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1. The weather element that always decreases with increasing height.

Correct Answer: A) Pressure.

2. Which type of front forms when cold air runs into a mass of warm air, causing the warm air to rise quickly?

Correct Answer: D) Cold front.

3. As altitude increases, air pressure

Correct Answer: A) Decreases.

4. An envelope of gases and small particles that surrounds the Earth and stretches outward from Earth's surface for 6, 000 miles.

Correct Answer: B) Atmosphere.

5. The electrified upper region of the atmosphere.

Correct Answer: A) Ionosphere.

6. Of the four locations, which one would have the most humid air and why?

Correct Answer: B) Florida should be most humid because it is semi-tropical and surrounded by water on three sides.

7. Miss Murdock wants to know if holding kittens for different amounts of time will increase the number of As she gives her students. What is her IV?

Correct Answer: B) Amount of time holding kittens.

8. Wind is caused by horizontal differences in .....

Correct Answer: D) Air pressure.

9. What is the correct sequence of layers of the atmosphere from innermost to outermost?

Correct Answer: B) Troposphere-stratosphere-mesosphere-thermosphere.

10. In this atmospheric layer, temperature is constant for the 1st 10 kilometers, then it increases:

Correct Answer: B) Stratosphere.

11. Most of Earth's weather events take place in the

Correct Answer: D) Troposphere.

12. How can a weather satellite be useful in preparation for cyclonic storms?

Correct Answer: D) Satellites can warm people about the approaching storm.

13. A cool and dry air mass would be named ..... and have ..... pressure.

Correct Answer: A) Continental polar; high.

14. Most clouds form in the atmosphere when moist air

Correct Answer: A) Rises, expands, and cools to the dewpoint.

15. Condensation occurs on a cool night because the temperature has dropped below the

Correct Answer: B) Dew point.

16. The name for heat transfer between two solids which are in direct contact or touching one another is

Correct Answer: A) Conduction.

17. Low clouds (like fog), that are thick, cover the sky, and block the sun. Usually bring continuous precipitation (rain or snow).

Correct Answer: A) Stratus.

18. Water vapor in the atmosphere is called

Correct Answer: C) Humidity.

19. All of these statements describe weather rather than climate EXCEPT -

Correct Answer: B) Annual average temperature has steadily increased over the last 50 years.

20. Low-pressure systems are usually associated with ..... weather.

Correct Answer: B) Cloudy and rainy.