This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 7 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of weather is usually found in low pressure areas? A) Hot and dry. B) Wet and stormy. C) Cold and snowy. D) Sunny and humid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wet and stormy. 2. An air mass that forms over the Gulf of Mexico is a (n) ..... A) CP air mass. B) MP air mass. C) CT air mass. D) MT air mass. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) MT air mass. 3. Clouds, precipitation and strong wind accompany these regions. Warm moist air is rising in the center A) High pressure system. B) Low pressure system. C) Tornado. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Low pressure system. 4. Forms when water vapor condenses around condensation nuclei- tiny particles such as smoke or dust in the atmosphere. Water droplets become so large that they cannot be held in the cloud. Falls as a liquid A) Hail. B) Rain. C) Freezing rain. D) Snow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rain. 5. High thin, white, feathery clouds made of ice crystals A) Cirrus. B) Cumulus. C) Isobar. D) Barometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cirrus. 6. What two properties are used to identify clouds? A) Atmospheric height and what they look like. B) Atmospheric height and amount of water. C) What they look like and amount of water vapor. D) Density and chemical composition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atmospheric height and what they look like. 7. About 2.0 billion years ago, complex organisms began to inhabit Earth. These complex organisms developed primarily because of - A) Sunlight being absorbed by land. B) The eruption of volcanoes. C) Changes in atmosphere gases. D) The impact of comets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Changes in atmosphere gases. 8. What is the percentage of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere? A) 1%. B) 21%. C) 78%. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 21%. 9. What is an isobar? A) A line of equal pressure. B) A line of equal temperature. C) A line of equal humidity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A line of equal pressure. 10. A physicist is measuring the temperature of particles in motion in different atmospheres, what unit of measure will the physicist use? A) Kelvin. B) Fahrenheit. C) Mg of Mercury. D) Celsius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kelvin. 11. ST A) Stratus. B) Standard. C) Standard temperature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stratus. 12. In which main layer of the atmosphere is the ozone located? A) Thermosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Stratosphere. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratosphere. 13. When air moves from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure, it causes- A) An increase in temperature. B) Rain. C) Wind. D) A decrease in elevation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wind. 14. When molecules of air come in direct contact with Earth's surface, this process is called A) Radiation. B) Conduction. C) Convection. D) Deflection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conduction. 15. Which idea should a student include in a model to explain differences in temperature between the equator and the North and South poles? A) Density of air at different altitudes. B) Intensity of sunlight at different angles. C) Movement of thermal energy by ocean currents. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intensity of sunlight at different angles. 16. Which is true about the thermosphere? A) This is the coldest layer of all. B) This is the hottest layer of all. C) Airplanes like to fly in the jest stream in this atmospheric layer. D) You will find the International Space Station and the Aurora Borealis in this layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This is the hottest layer of all. 17. What type of front usually brings thunderstorms? A) Warm front. B) Cold front. C) Stationary front. D) Occluded front. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cold front. 18. There is an area of low pressure at the equator because A) It is warmer there, and warm air sinks. B) It is warmer there, and warm air rises. C) It is colder there, and cold air sinks. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is warmer there, and warm air rises. 19. What is the name of an air mass that is wet and cold? A) Maritime Tropical. B) Polar Continental. C) Maritime Polar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maritime Polar. 20. Which statement best describes the weather shown by the blue triangles on a line on a weather map? A) A warm front brings drizzly weather. B) A cold front can cause heavy rain, thunder, and lightning. C) A stationary front may produce rainy or snowy weather for several days. D) An occluded front can cause light to heavy precipitation that may last several days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A cold front can cause heavy rain, thunder, and lightning. ← 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 8Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 9Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books