This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Weather > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 13 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When air is heated, it will MOST likely A) Expand and fall. B) Expand and rise. C) Condense and fall. D) Condense and rise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expand and rise. 2. This tool measures air pressure. A) Hydrometer. B) Barometer. C) Thermometer. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barometer. 3. Areas maintain certain average temperatures because: A) An air mass forms over an area. B) Earth's rotation on its tilted axis and the spherical shape of Earth that causes different angles to face towards the sun. C) The constant movement of air and movement of water in the water cycle. D) Short term variations in atmospheric occurrences. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The constant movement of air and movement of water in the water cycle. 4. An air mass's ability to resist rising A) Latent heat. B) Stability. C) Dew point. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stability. 5. What produced oxygen in the early stages of our atmosphere's formation? A) Plate Tectonics. B) Volcanos. C) Nebula. D) Cyanobacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cyanobacteria. 6. The atmosphere protects the Earth from ..... A) Earthquakes. B) Comets and Meteors. C) Tsunamis. D) Faults. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comets and Meteors. 7. What factors influence deep ocean currents A) Temperature. B) Salinity. C) Density. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 8. Solid particles in the atmosphere include salt and A) Leaves. B) Ozone. C) Dust. D) Lightning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dust. 9. If the air is only holding one-third as much moisture as it can possibly hold, what is the relative humidity? A) 50%. B) 25%. C) 33%. D) 67%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 33%. 10. Thin, curly-looking clouds seen high in the sky are called A) Cumulus clouds. B) Stratus clouds. C) Cirrus clouds. D) Storm clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cirrus clouds. 11. A volcanic ash layer is a good geologic time marker for correlating rock layers because the ash layer was deposited over a A) Limited geographic area over a short time. B) Limited geographic area over a long time. C) Wide geographic area over a short time. D) Wide geographic area over a long time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wide geographic area over a short time. 12. Barometric pressure drops significantly. What type of front? A) Warm. B) Cold. C) Stationary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cold. 13. Most of Earth's atmosphere is composed of A) Oxygen and hydrogen. B) Hydrogen and nitrogen. C) Nitrogen and oxygen. D) Carbon and ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen and oxygen. 14. The boundary between two adjoining air masses having contrasting characteristics A) Front. B) Hurricane. C) Cyclone. D) Anticyclone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Front. 15. The force exerted by the weight of a column of air above a given point A) Air pressure. B) Prevailing winds. C) Front. D) Pressure gradient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Air pressure. 16. How many tornadoes occur each year in the U.S.? A) 10-20. B) 200-300. C) 500-600. D) 800-1, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 800-1, 000. 17. What is the Air temperature change with altitude? A) Temperature increases with greater altitude. B) Temperature decreases with greater altitude. C) Temperature remains constant with greater altitude. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperature decreases with greater altitude. 18. What tool measures air temperature? A) Thermometer. B) Barometer. C) Anemometer. D) Rain gauge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thermometer. 19. The unequal heating rates of India's land and water are caused by A) Land having a higher density than water. B) Water having a higher density than land. C) Land having a higher specific heat than water. D) Water having a higher specific heat than land. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water having a higher specific heat than land. 20. ..... forms a HIGH pressure region of the Earth. A) Warm, sinking. B) Warm, rising. C) Cool, sinking. D) Cool rising. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cool, sinking. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 9Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books