This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Polar and tropical regions maintain fairly constant average temperatures because A) The Sun always strikes these regions at the same angle. B) Air masses remain stationary near the poles and equator. C) Earth radiates extra energy back into space. D) The continual motion of air and water reallocates heat energy throughout Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The continual motion of air and water reallocates heat energy throughout Earth. 2. What decreases as you go up in the atmosphere? A) Altitude. B) Air pressure. C) Meteors. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air pressure. 3. Moisture on an object caused by outside temperature of reaching the dewpoint A) Fog. B) Dew. C) Frozen rain. D) Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dew. 4. Which is likely to occur after moist air is cooled below its dew point? A) Evaporation increases. B) Ice crystals melt. C) Water condenses. D) Winds are generated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water condenses. 5. A student heard the weather forecaster on television say that an area of low pressure was located over his region of the state. What type of weather is the area most likely to experience? A) Sunny skies. B) Clear skies. C) Cloudy skies. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cloudy skies. 6. What is the relationship between temperature and humidity? A) Humidity depends on how close a location is to a body of water. B) The warmer the air temperature, the greater the humidity. C) As temperature rises, the amount of water vapor in the air decreases. D) The warmer the temperature, the more likely for precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The warmer the air temperature, the greater the humidity. 7. In a high pressure area A) The winds will be moving clockwise. B) The winds will be moving counter-clockwise. C) The winds will be calm. D) The air will be rising. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The winds will be moving clockwise. 8. Boarding up windows would be one emergency action most likely taken to prepare for which natural disaster? A) Earthquake. B) Hurricane. C) Flood. D) Tsunami. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hurricane. 9. Of these four storms, the smallest in terms of actual size (diameter) is: A) Thunderstorm. B) Hurricane. C) Tornado. D) Middle Latitude Cyclonic Storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tornado. 10. When a large, warm air mass quickly rises above a cold air mass, what happens? A) A stationary front appears. B) A thunderstorm occurs. C) Nighttime begins. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A thunderstorm occurs. 11. A hurricane's storm surge is caused by a combination of high winds and ..... A) High pressure. B) Low pressure. C) Weak winds. D) Much snow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Low pressure. 12. What cloud indicates a lot of rain A) Stratus clouds. B) Cumulonimbus clouds. C) Stratocumulus clouds. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cumulonimbus clouds. 13. If a scientist were trying to figure out what direction the wind from a storm were coming from, what tool would they use? A) Thermometer. B) Sling psychrometer. C) Anemometer. D) Wind vane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wind vane. 14. Which is the best explanation for how air masses move across the United States? A) The prevailing westerlies move air masses from west to east across the United States but may be deflected by the jet stream. B) The trade winds move air masses from west to east across the United States. C) The jet stream moves air masses from the Pacific Ocean across the United States. D) The warm air of the Gulf Stream causes air masses to move from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The prevailing westerlies move air masses from west to east across the United States but may be deflected by the jet stream. 15. Winds blow clockwise around the system. Characterized by sinking cool air. Associated with Fair weather A) High pressure system. B) Low pressure system. C) Worldwide wind belts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High pressure system. 16. The name given to the periodic warming of the ocean that occurs in the central and eastern Pacific; can cause extreme weather in many parts of the world A) El Nino. B) La Nina. C) Hurricane. D) Typhoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) El Nino. 17. Regions that receive less than 25 centimeters of rain annually are called ..... A) Tundras. B) Savannas. C) Deserts. D) Steppes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deserts. 18. In North America, weather GENERALLY moves from A) East to west. B) North to south. C) West to east. D) South to north. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) West to east. 19. Wind moves from an area of high to ..... pressure A) Equal. B) High. C) Low. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Low. 20. Air that is Dry and Cold is considered what kind of air mass? A) Maritime Tropical. B) Maritime Polar. C) Continental Tropical. D) Continental Polar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Continental Polar. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesWeather QuizzesPrinciples Of Meteorology Quiz 1Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 2Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 3Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 4Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 6Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 7Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 8Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 9Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books