This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 66 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 66 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What happens to a moist air mass as it moves upward in the atmosphere? A) It becomes warmer and forms clouds. B) It becomes cooler and forms clouds. C) Its temperature remains the same. D) Its temperature varies greatly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It becomes cooler and forms clouds. 2. During a El Nino event the coast of South America gets ..... and the coast of Indonesia gets ..... A) Dirty, clean. B) Warmer, colder. C) Colder, warmer. D) Taller, shorter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warmer, colder. 3. During the daytime, the land warms up faster than water causing the air above the land to be less dense and rise into the atmosphere. This causes ..... A) Land breeze. B) Sea breeze. C) Global winds. D) Jet stream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sea breeze. 4. Currents move water as well as distribute ..... and ..... around the world A) Sand, Fish. B) Heat, Nutrients. C) Waves, salt water. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heat, Nutrients. 5. How do air masses contribute to weather? A) They move all the weather in the United States. B) They can collide and cause fronts. C) They bring the different seasons. D) All of these are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They can collide and cause fronts. 6. When a molecule of air comes in contact with a warm surface, some of its heat is transferred to the molecule. This makes the air molecule vibrate faster. What kind of heat transfer is this? A) Conduction. B) Convection. C) Radiation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conduction. 7. The ratio of air's water-vapor content to its capacity to hold water vapor at that same temperature is the A) Vapor pressure. B) Relative humidity. C) Specific humidity. D) Wet adiabatic rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relative humidity. 8. Coastal cities are most likely to have A) Very hot climate. B) Moderate climate. C) Very cold climate. D) Unpredictable climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moderate climate. 9. What's the humidity and temperature of a maritime tropical air mass? A) Wet and cold. B) Dry and warm. C) Wet and warm. D) Dry and cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wet and warm. 10. A large, swirling, tropical low pressure system with fast winds A) Hurricane. B) Thunderstorm. C) Tornado. D) Flood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hurricane. 11. When isobars are closer together, what does that signify? A) Stronger winds. B) An area of no wind. C) Clear skies. D) Clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stronger winds. 12. This type of cloud is thin and wispy and is found high up in the atmosphere A) Altocumulus. B) Cirrus. C) Cumulonimbus. D) Stratus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cirrus. 13. Where warm and cold air masses collide are called ..... A) Convective Lifting. B) Orographic Lifting. C) Fronts. D) Convergence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fronts. 14. What is the condition of the Earth's atmosphere at a certain time and place? A) Climate. B) Temperature. C) Weather. D) Air pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weather. 15. What instrument is used to measure humidity? A) Hygrometer. B) Barometer. C) Anamometer. D) Thermometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hygrometer. 16. The boundary where a cold air mass replaces a warm air mass A) Warm Front. B) Climate. C) Cold Front. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cold Front. 17. Which factor contributes to global warming? A) Increased burning of fossil fuels. B) Increased use of solar-powered cars. C) Better long-term weather forecasts. D) Changing distance between Earth and the Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased burning of fossil fuels. 18. Which of the following statements best explains why it is warmer at the equator than at the North Pole? A) The equator has more daylight hours per year than the North Pole. B) The equator has a larger area than the North Pole. C) The equator is closer to the Sun than to the North Pole. D) The equator receives more direct sunlight than the North Pole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The equator receives more direct sunlight than the North Pole. 19. Air masses that have the greatest influence on weather in the mid-western United States are ..... A) MT and cT air masses. B) CP and mT air masses. C) MP and cP air masses. D) CT and cP air masses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CP and mT air masses. 20. Which of the following clouds produces precipitation? A) Nimbostratus. B) Cirrostratus. C) Cumulus. D) Fog. 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