Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 43 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is a TAF?

Correct Answer: B) Forecast of weather for given aerodrome and time period.

2. Tool to measure rainfall

Correct Answer: A) Rain Gauge.

3. What is Dew Point?

Correct Answer: B) Temperature of saturation.

4. Electricity caused by the rapid rush of air in a cumulonimbus cloud is

Correct Answer: B) Lightning.

5. Which cloud brings nice weather?

Correct Answer: B) Cumulus.

6. What is the most abundant greenhouse gas?

Correct Answer: D) Water Vapor.

7. Which of the following was primarily responsible for the development of life outside of the oceans?

Correct Answer: B) An increase in atmospheric oxygen.

8. What is Earth's hydrosphere?

Correct Answer: C) All of the water on the planet.

9. Why does sand heat up faster than water during the daytime, and then cool off faster at night?

Correct Answer: A) Water has a higher heat capacity than sand.

10. What does ELR mean?

Correct Answer: A) Environmental lapse rate.

11. What would a maritime Tropical air mass be described as?

Correct Answer: B) Warm, moist.

12. What type of weather map shows cloud coverage from space?

Correct Answer: A) Satellite.

13. Which air masses form over oceans?

Correct Answer: A) Maritime.

14. Where were weather instruments first set up?

Correct Answer: A) Airport.

15. Instrument that measures atmospheric (air) pressure

Correct Answer: B) Barometer.

16. How do we characterize an air mass that forms near the poles?

Correct Answer: D) Cold.

17. Wind speed is measured with

Correct Answer: A) Anemometer.

18. Any form of water that falls from clouds is called .....

Correct Answer: D) Precipitation.

19. Heat that is stored in a substance

Correct Answer: A) Latent heat.

20. Instrument used to measure temperature

Correct Answer: D) Thermometer.