This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 71 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 71 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which ocean floor feature is a result of a ocean-ocean convergent plate boundary? A) Trench. B) Mid-ocean ridge. C) Continental shelf. D) Gyout. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trench. 2. Which instrument is used to determine atmospheric pressure? A) Thermometer. B) Barometer. C) Wind vain. D) Anemometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barometer. 3. Growth of ice crystals by collisions with water droplets chilled below freezing ..... A) Aggregation. B) Accretion. C) Coalescence. D) Baiging. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accretion. 4. A front is A) Where warm air is cooling at earth's surface. B) A line where hot and cold air are separating. C) A line where two different air masses meet. D) Where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A line where two different air masses meet. 5. Due to the angle of the sunlight hitting the Earth, unequal heating of the Earth's surface occurs. This unequal heating produces A) The Greenhouse Effect. B) The Coriolis Effect. C) Winds. D) Clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Winds. 6. The Coriolis effect is the curving of wind across Earth. What causes winds to curve? A) Earth's revolution. B) Earth's magnetic field. C) Earth's rotation. D) Earth's gravitational pull. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earth's rotation. 7. What is a weather pattern over a long period of time, such as a year? A) Weather. B) Climate. C) El Nino. D) La Nina. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climate. 8. In order for a hurricane to form, the Ocean waters must be ..... A) Cool. B) Warm. C) Salty. D) Brackish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warm. 9. A warning issued by the National Weather Service when the conditions are right for a type of severe weather but the weather is not currently happening is called a A) Weather happening. B) Weather watch. C) Weather warning. D) Weather bulletin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weather watch. 10. A line joining points of equal air pressure A) Isotherm. B) Millibar. C) Isobar. D) Barometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Isobar. 11. A blue line on a weather map represents a ..... front A) Warm. B) Cold. C) Occluded. D) Battle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cold. 12. When a warm air mass gets caught between two cooler air masses and is cut off from the ground, it is ..... front. A) A warm front. B) A cold front. C) An occluded front. D) A stationary front. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An occluded front. 13. Cottony, billowy, pictures A) Cirrus. B) Cumulus. C) Stratus. D) Nimbostratus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cumulus. 14. In this layer, temperatures reach -85 degree. Which layer of the atmosphere is the coldest? A) Thermosphere. B) Troposphere. C) Memsophere. D) Northpolesphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Memsophere. 15. Why do certain areas of the globe receive more direct sunlight than others? A) Sunspots on the surface of the sun. B) Interference of other planets. C) Tilt of the Earth's axis. D) Lines of latitude and longitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tilt of the Earth's axis. 16. An air mass takes on its source regions A) Temperature and humidity. B) Elevation. C) Oxygen make up. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperature and humidity. 17. Climate is determined by A) Latitude and precipitation. B) Dew point and wind. C) Temperature and latitude. D) Precipitation and temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Precipitation and temperature. 18. What is the highest destruction level for a tornado on the Enhanced Fujita scale? A) 0. B) 2. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 19. A boundary between two air masses of different density, moisture, or temperature A) Station model. B) Front. C) Low pressure. D) Radio Model. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Front. 20. Which of the following best explains why a hot air balloon rises A) The heating of the air causes the pressure inside the balloon to decrease. B) The heated air inside the balloon is less dense than the cooler air outside the balloon. C) Less dense air wants to be on top of more dense air. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. ← 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