This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 57 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 57 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What most likely occurs when a fast moving cold air mass moves into a region of warmer, moist air? A) It causes light precipitation for a long time. B) It causes light precipitation for a short time. C) It causes heavy precipitation for a long time. D) It causes heavy precipitation for a short time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It causes heavy precipitation for a short time. 2. What causes wind to blow? A) Differences in longitude. B) Shock waves from clouds. C) Differences in air temperature and pressure. D) The rotation of the earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Differences in air temperature and pressure. 3. What is the second layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer? A) Troposphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Stratosphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratosphere. 4. The weather forecast tomorrow says there will be a 15 mph northeast wind and a high temperature of 52 degrees. What three instruments will a meteorologist use to make this prediction? A) Anemometer, wind vane, thermometer. B) Barometer, hygrometer, wind vane. C) Thermometer, satellite image, hygrometer. D) Wind vane, satellite image, barometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anemometer, wind vane, thermometer. 5. When did meteorology begin? A) 17th century. B) 20th century. C) It hasn't started yet. D) Yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 17th century. 6. The Coriolis effect causes global winds to A) Rotate. B) Change directions. C) Become stronger. D) Curve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Curve. 7. Wind flows from what to what A) Low pressure to high pressure. B) High pressure to low pressure. C) Hot to cold. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) High pressure to low pressure. 8. Contains ozone layer A) Stratosphere. B) Exosphere. C) Ionosphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stratosphere. 9. Clouds that look like flat blankets and are usually the lowest clouds in the sky are called A) Cumulus clouds. B) Cirrus clouds. C) Stratus clouds. D) Storm clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratus clouds. 10. Heat that travels through the air in waves is called ..... A) Conduction. B) Radiation. C) Convection. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radiation. 11. What is the name of the wind belt found between 0 degrees and 30 degrees on Earth? A) Tradewinds. B) Prevailing Westerlies. C) Polar Easterlies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tradewinds. 12. Which of these weather conditions is necessary for the formation of a cyclonic storm? A) A cold rain falling to the ground. B) Air masses combining in a high pressure system. C) Winds spiraling downward and away from the center of a storm. D) Air moving toward the center of a storm and rising into the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Air moving toward the center of a storm and rising into the atmosphere. 13. Weather forecasting has improved greatly recently because of A) Computers. B) Television. C) Fewer weather forecasters. D) More experienced meteorologists. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Computers. 14. The boundary where unlike air masses meet but do not easily mix is called a(an) ..... A) Precipitation. B) Front. C) Air mass. D) Pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Front. 15. Air at the poles is colder and denser so it ..... A) Rises. B) Circulates. C) Stagnates. D) Sinks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sinks. 16. Directly from gas to solid A) Cumulation. B) Sublimation. C) Milination. D) Creamation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sublimation. 17. What does nimbus mean A) Rain. B) Snow. C) Lightning. D) Thunder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rain. 18. What causes the winds to veer to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere? A) Rotation of the Earth. B) Orbit of the Earth around the sun. C) Moon phases. D) Air resistance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rotation of the Earth. 19. A front along which a warm air mass overrides a retreating mass of cooler air A) Warm front. B) Cold front. C) Stationary front. D) Occluded front. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warm front. 20. A radiator heating a room. A) Conduction. B) Radiation. C) Convection. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radiation. ← 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