This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Weather > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 33 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Occurs when lighter, warmer air advances over heavier, colder air A) Warm Front. B) Hot Front. C) Cool Front. D) Cold Front. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warm Front. 2. The main factors that affect an area's ..... are prevailing winds and mountains. A) Rain fall. B) Precipitation. C) Temperature. D) Pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Precipitation. 3. If the dew point is 44$^\circ$farenheight, at what point does dew start to form on the grass A) 46$^\circ$ farenhight. B) 55$^\circ$ farenhight. C) 32$^\circ$ farenhight. D) 45$^\circ$ farenhight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 45$^\circ$ farenhight. 4. Instrument that measures temperature A) Barometer. B) Anemometer. C) Thermometer. D) Wind vane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thermometer. 5. In which layer of the atmosphere do meteors burn up? A) Troposphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Exosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mesosphere. 6. A student has been asked by her teacher to investigate the following scientific question:Why are sea breezes felt during the day and land breezes at night? Which of the following data sources would best help him to answer the question and why? A) The tidal charts for the month, because high tides cool off the beach, causing a sea breeze at night and a land breeze during the day. B) The tidal charts for the month, because high tides cool off the beach, causing a land breeze at night and a sea breeze during the day. C) Day and night temperatures of the beach and ocean, because the land and the air above it heats and cools faster than the water, causing a land breeze at night and a sea breeze during the day. D) Day and night temperatures of the beach and ocean, because the land and the air above it heats and cools slower than the water, causing a sea breeze at night and a land breeze during the day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Day and night temperatures of the beach and ocean, because the land and the air above it heats and cools faster than the water, causing a land breeze at night and a sea breeze during the day. 7. The form of oxygen that combines three oxygen atoms to each molecule, is found in the stratosphere and shields out harmful UV rays from the sun is: A) Argon. B) Methane. C) Chlorofluorcarbon. D) Ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ozone. 8. The ocean zone were some sunlight reaches but where no photosynthesis can happen. A) Sunlight zone. B) Twilight zone. C) Midnight zone. D) End zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Twilight zone. 9. Studying air masses would be studying meteorology at which level? A) Micro. B) Synoptic. C) Macro. D) Global. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Global. 10. What is a boundary area where air masses meet but do not mix? A) Low pressure system. B) Super cell. C) Front. D) High pressure system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Front. 11. Water vapor in the atmosphere is the source of A) Clouds and rain. B) Pollution. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clouds and rain. 12. Which way does wind generally move in our area? A) North to South. B) West to East. C) East to West. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) West to East. 13. Miss Murdock wants to know if holding kittens for different amounts of time will increase the number of As she gives her students. When she graphs her data, what would a good title be? A) Kittens and Miss Murdock's Grading Scale. B) The only way to get an A in Miss Murdock's class. C) How # of A's affects kitten holding. D) How kitten holding times affect number of A's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How kitten holding times affect number of A's. 14. Air under high pressure forming in a valley and moving up a mountain leads to a A) Mountain breeze. B) Land breeze. C) Valley breeze. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Valley breeze. 15. Low pressure brings A) Cool, wet air. B) Hot, dry air. C) Sunny with no clouds. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cool, wet air. 16. The farther you live from an ocean, the more likely your climate will be a ..... A) Marine climate. B) Tropical climate. C) Continental climate. D) Subtropical climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Continental climate. 17. Instrument used to measure air pressure A) Anemometer. B) Barometer. C) Psychrometer. D) Thermometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barometer. 18. Biologic activity can change the amount of - A) Salinity in the ocean. B) Silicon in the ocean. C) Oxygen in the air. D) Water on the earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxygen in the air. 19. When air warms up it causes water vapor to form. The amount of water vapor in the atmosphere is called A) Clouds. B) Humidity. C) Dew point. D) Air pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humidity. 20. An area in the atmosphere that has lower pressure than the surrounding areas and has wind speeds that spiral toward the center A) Tornado. B) Anitcyclone. C) Cyclone. D) Psychrometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cyclone. ← 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