This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Weather > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 42 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What causes differences in air pressure? A) Even heating of the Earth. B) Even cooling of the earth. C) Uneven heating of the earth. D) Global warming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uneven heating of the earth. 2. The largest producers of Carbon Dioxide into our atmosphere are A) People. B) Trees. C) Factories. D) Phytoplankton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Factories. 3. Living near the ..... affects climate by preventing it from getting to hot or too cold A) Mountains. B) Oceans. C) Equator. D) Poles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oceans. 4. Wind blows always A) From high pressure to low pressure. B) From low pressure to high pressure. C) From left to right. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From high pressure to low pressure. 5. Cold air masses tend to A) Be less dense and float above warm air masses. B) Be more dense and flow under warm air masses. C) Mix easily with warm air masses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Be more dense and flow under warm air masses. 6. Land closer to the equator is A) Colder. B) Warmer. C) Dry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warmer. 7. A situation in which the surface position of a front does not move A) Warm front. B) Cold front. C) Stationary front. D) Occluded front. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stationary front. 8. What characteristics are used to classify air masses? A) Temperature and humidity. B) Pressure and temperature. C) Latitude and longitude. D) Wind speed and location. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperature and humidity. 9. In a sea breeze, the air is warmer above the ..... A) Land. B) Ocean. C) Sky. D) Beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Land. 10. The exchange of heat or moisture with the surface over which an air mass travels is known as ..... A) Intertropical convergence. B) Air mass modification. C) Occlusion. D) Air mass exchange. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air mass modification. 11. Which statement best describes a temperature inversion? A) Air temperature decreases with height. B) Air temperature increases with height. C) Low-altitude air is unstable. D) High-altitude air is unstable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air temperature increases with height. 12. Which material will heat up faster? A) Light sediment. B) Water. C) Dark sediment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dark sediment. 13. Choose the correct term for lines on a map that connect points with the same temperature. A) Albedos. B) Altitudes. C) Latitudes. D) Isotherms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Isotherms. 14. What does a tornado warning mean? A) A tornado has been spotted by observers or indicated by weather radar. B) A tornado hasn't been spotted, but conditions are favorable for tornadoes to occur. C) It's a new Discovery Channel special on storm chasers. D) The conditions will be right for a tornado to form within your area in the next day or two. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A tornado has been spotted by observers or indicated by weather radar. 15. In what direction would the wind be blowing in a low pressure system? A) Inwards. B) Outwards. C) Downwards. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inwards. 16. Cold air is denser than warm air, so it sinks. What kind of pressure area does this create? A) Dense pressure. B) High Pressure. C) Low Pressure. D) No pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) High Pressure. 17. Which of the following could contribute to an increase in pollution? A) High wind velocity. B) Occurrence of rain and snow. C) Change in amount of sunlight. D) Heavy auto traffic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heavy auto traffic. 18. ..... is the fuel a hurricane needs to form. A) Warm, dry air. B) Cold, dry air. C) Warm, moist water. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Warm, moist water. 19. Our weather occurs here. A) Mesosphere. B) Troposphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Troposphere. 20. A cT air mass is A) Cold and dry. B) Cold and wet. C) Hot and dry. D) Hot and wet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hot and dry. ← 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