This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 68 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 68 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where would you find a tropical maritime air mass? A) Over the ocean, near the equator. B) Over the ocean, near the poles. C) Over a continent, near the equator. D) Over a continent, near the poles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over the ocean, near the equator. 2. Measures temperature A) Thermometer. B) Barometer. C) Anemometer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thermometer. 3. What are the two main factors that determine the climate of an area? A) Precipitation and humidity. B) Temperature and air pressure. C) Wind conditions and humidity. D) Temperature and precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperature and precipitation. 4. Fossil evidence indicates that the earliest forms of life that appeared on Earth were most likely - A) Bacteria. B) Trilobites. C) Protists. D) Diatoms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bacteria. 5. Which layer of the atmosphere has the ozone layer? A) The stratosphere. B) The troposphere. C) The mesosphere. D) The thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The stratosphere. 6. What type of weather front causes thunderstorms and tornadoes? A) Cold. B) Occluded. C) Stationary. D) Warm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cold. 7. What characteristic do global winds and local winds share? A) They are both wind. B) They are both created by unequal heating of the Earth's surface. C) They both occur in small areas. D) They both occur in small areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are both created by unequal heating of the Earth's surface. 8. What type of of air mass is dry and cold? A) MP. B) MT. C) CP. D) CT. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CP. 9. Climate is the average weather conditions recorded over a span of ..... A) Days. B) Weeks. C) Years. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Years. 10. Rotating low-level storm that spawns tornadoes A) Wall cloud. B) Jet stream. C) Cumulonimbus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wall cloud. 11. All weather activity occurs in which layer of the atmosphere? A) Stratosphere. B) Troposphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Troposphere. 12. Study of atmospheric phenomena A) Meteorology. B) Weather. C) Atmosphereology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meteorology. 13. When a warm air mass and a cool air mass converge what is likely to happen as a result? A) The sky becomes clear. B) Winds die down. C) Cloud formation decreases. D) Stormy weather patterns develop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stormy weather patterns develop. 14. Which gas in our atmosphere is most abundant (available in large quantities; plentiful)? A) Carbon dioxide. B) Oxygen. C) Nitrogen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen. 15. Why is Earth's atmosphere important to living things? A) It is a weather pattern that forms over tropical Pacific Ocean. B) They are calm to weak winds located near the equator and it is a global wind. C) It provides underground water. D) It provides all the gases needed to surive and allows water to exist as a liquid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It provides all the gases needed to surive and allows water to exist as a liquid. 16. What causes land breezes and sea breezes to flow at the shore? A) Uneven heating and cooling of the land and water. B) Prevailing winds driven by the angle of the sun's rays. C) The pull of the moon's gravity and the tides. D) The Coriolis effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uneven heating and cooling of the land and water. 17. Which dew point would result in a very humid day? A) 40 degrees. B) 50 degrees. C) 60 degrees. D) 80 degrees. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 80 degrees. 18. What is needed for animals and humans to survive? A) Oxygen. B) Carbon Dioxide. C) Mr. Fahler. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxygen. 19. What causes pressure differences in the atmosphere? A) Unequal heating of the earth. B) Unequal amounts of humidity. C) Clouds. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unequal heating of the earth. 20. Formed at mid altitude. Often associated with Fairweather A) Cumulonimbus. B) Cumulus. C) Stratus. D) Cirrus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cumulus. ← 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