Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 45 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. What is wind

Correct Answer: D) Moving/blowing air.

2. Surface currents are a result of

Correct Answer: A) Global Wind Patterns.

3. The temperature of an air mass depends on its .....

Correct Answer: B) Source region.

4. Getting storm that causes Highwinds and destruction

Correct Answer: C) Tornado.

5. Typical WARM Front clouds

Correct Answer: C) NS, ST.

6. Which types of winds cause weather in North Carolina?

Correct Answer: B) Prevailing westerlies.

7. During the land breeze, what starts moving the cooler air out and warmer air in?

Correct Answer: B) Convection.

8. In which location of the Earth would the number of daylight hours remain constant?

Correct Answer: D) Equator.

9. Which process is responsible for cloud formation?

Correct Answer: D) Condensation.

10. What is the safest place to be in a tornado?

Correct Answer: B) In the basement of a house or building.

11. Which type of air has a relative humidity of 100%?

Correct Answer: D) Saturated.

12. What does the h mean on a weather map

Correct Answer: A) High pressure.

13. As you go higher in the troposphere (the layer of the atmosphere that is closest to Earth) the temperature

Correct Answer: B) Decreases.

14. The boundary that separates different air masses is called a(n)-

Correct Answer: C) Front.

15. What are the 2 most abundant gases in Earth's atmosphere?

Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen and oxygen.

16. In which of the following can convection currents form?

Correct Answer: A) Air.

17. Moisture moves from ..... pressure zones to ..... pressure zones.

Correct Answer: A) High, low.

18. Low Pressure is associated with this type of weather .....

Correct Answer: A) Cloudy/Overcast Weather.

19. Warm air moving upwards from the Gulf of Mexico is:

Correct Answer: C) Maritime tropical.

20. CB

Correct Answer: B) Cumulonimbus.