This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 54 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 54 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Two cold air masses collide and push a warm air mass between them A) Warm front. B) Stationary front. C) Cold front. D) Occluded front. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occluded front. 2. Weather varies in different parts of the world depending on what time of year it is. What causes this seasonal variation? A) Earth's tilted axis. B) Earth's chemical composition. C) Earth's gravitational pull. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth's tilted axis. 3. Which statement correctly defines wind? A) Wind is the movement of air from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure. B) Wind is the movement of air to a colder area in the atmosphere. C) Wind is the movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure. D) Wind is the movement of air pushed around and bouncing off Earth's surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wind is the movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure. 4. A narrow band of strong winds that blows from west to east A) Polar Easterlies. B) Trade Winds. C) Jet Stream. D) Doldrums. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jet Stream. 5. What is weather? A) A day-to-day observations made for a region. B) An observations made for a region over several years. C) The weight of the air above you. D) Water in the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A day-to-day observations made for a region. 6. Rain that falls and hits a frozen surface. It freezes on contact. Temperatures are below freezing. It forms ice A) Sleet. B) Freezing rain. C) Hail. D) Snow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Freezing rain. 7. Which of these describes an air mass that is located above the ocean close to the equator? A) Maritime Polar. B) Continental Polar. C) Maritime Tropical. D) Continental Tropical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maritime Tropical. 8. Which Planet has a thick atmosphere mostly of Carbon Dioxide causing it to have a runaway greenhouse effect? A) Earth. B) Mars. C) Venus. D) Mercury. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Venus. 9. The Coriolis effect greatly affects the paths of air circulation on Earth. What causes the Coriolis effect? A) The sun. B) The moon. C) Earth's rotation. D) Earth's revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earth's rotation. 10. A line drawn to connect points of equal atmosphere. A) Isobar. B) Barometer. C) Thermometer. D) Anemometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isobar. 11. What is the Air density change with altitude? A) Density increases with greater altitude. B) Density remains constant with greater altitude. C) Density decreases with greater altitude. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Density decreases with greater altitude. 12. What gas makes up the largest component of the atmosphere? A) Oxygen. B) Carbon Dioxide. C) Ozone. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nitrogen. 13. The following data were recorded over the course of an afternoon in Gaston County:Measurement 4:00 PM 6:00 PM 8:00 PMWind Speed 5 12 20Temperature 95 87 81Humidity (%) 50 73 85What type of front more than likely came through? A) Cold Front. B) Warm Front. C) Stationary Front. D) Occluded Front. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cold Front. 14. A line joining points of equal air temperature A) Isobar. B) Isotherm. C) Thermometer. D) Barometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Isotherm. 15. Where a glacier is melting faster than it is gaining snow is called the A) Zone of wastage. B) Zone of accumulation. C) Visitors center. D) Zone of dripping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zone of wastage. 16. Where does most of Earth's weather occur? A) Troposhere. B) Thermosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Troposhere. 17. Masses of puffy, white clouds, often with flat bases. They sometimes tower to great heights and can be associated with fair weather or thunderstorms A) Stratus. B) Cumulus. C) Cirrus. D) Cloud. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cumulus. 18. ASOS is a weather system that A) Provide essential weather information for aviation, weather forecasting, and research. B) Is useful for tracking clouds only. C) Is useful for showing moisture and cloud patterns. D) Detects different frequencies of thermal energy to map cloud cover or surface temperatures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Provide essential weather information for aviation, weather forecasting, and research. 19. The constant movement of water between the atmosphere and Earth's surface is A) Cloud formation. B) The water cycle. C) Precipitation. D) Temperature inversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The water cycle. 20. Which of the following is a component of the temperature which changes very little? A) Water vapor. B) Nitrogen. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen. ← 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