This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Weather > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 60 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 60 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet, but they push at each other and neither one can move, it is called a/an - A) Warm front. B) Cold front. C) Occluded front. D) Stationary front. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stationary front. 2. The scale on a thermometer may be ..... A) Celsius, Fahrenheit, or both. B) Heat. C) Inches. D) Grams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Celsius, Fahrenheit, or both. 3. The temperature at a location is 75 degrees, but the dewpoint is 73 degrees. What do we know based off of this information? A) It is cold in this location. B) It is most likely humid in this location. C) It is most likely drier air in this location. D) It is likely sunny in this location. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is most likely humid in this location. 4. Which temperature air holds the most water? A) Cold. B) Room-temperature. C) Hot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hot. 5. As air cools, it tends to ..... forming an area of ..... pressure. A) Sink; low. B) Rise; high. C) Rise; low. D) Sink; high. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sink; high. 6. Have been mistaken for UFOS A) Contrail. B) Alto stratus. C) Alto cumulus. D) Lenticular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lenticular. 7. Where there is lots of snow falling on a glacier and its getting bigger, it's called the A) Zone of accumulation. B) Zone of wastage. C) Zone of skiing. D) End zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zone of accumulation. 8. Why does cool air sink over the poles? A) The air warms and becomes less dense. B) The air warms and becomes more dense. C) The air cools and becomes more dense. D) The air cools and becomes less dense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The air cools and becomes more dense. 9. Air density normally: A) Decreases with increasing height. B) Remains constant with increasing height. C) Increases with increasing height. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decreases with increasing height. 10. A measure of the amount of water vapor in the air is called what? A) Rigidity. B) Moisture. C) Humidity. D) Fog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humidity. 11. How are local and global winds different? A) Local wind happens over shorter distances, global wind happens over longer distances. B) Local wind happens over longer distances. C) Global wind happens over shorter distances. D) They are the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Local wind happens over shorter distances, global wind happens over longer distances. 12. A force that holds the planets atmosphere close to it's surface. A) Gravity. B) Greenhouse Effect. C) Global Warming. D) The slight tilt of the earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gravity. 13. They are highest clouds in the sky. They look curly, white and feathery. Usually mean good weather. A) Cumulus. B) Cumulonimbus. C) Cirrus. D) Stratus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cirrus. 14. Why is the ozone content of the stratosphere important to living organisms? A) Ozone gives living organisms more water. B) Ozone protects from the Sun's infrared radiation. C) Ozone gives living organisms rain. D) Ozone protects from the Sun's ultraviolet radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ozone protects from the Sun's ultraviolet radiation. 15. A student predicts that if the air is calm on a specific night, a temperature inversion may occur. How could strong winds prevent a temperature inversion from forming? A) By stopping gases from forming. B) By carrying cold air to cold high altitudes. C) Mixing warm air at the top with cool air at the bottom. D) Causing the water cycle to speed up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mixing warm air at the top with cool air at the bottom. 16. - the percent of water vapor in the air relative to the total amount the air can hold A) Humidity. B) Heat index. C) Weather. D) Relative humidity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Relative humidity. 17. Air masses take on the conditions of the area where they form. Which air mass would you expect to have warm, dry air? A) Continental tropical. B) Maritime polar. C) Maritime tropical. D) Continental polar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Continental tropical. 18. Most common carriers of meteorology is A) Climate changes. B) Weather forecasting. C) Climate post casting. D) Broadcasting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weather forecasting. 19. Lines on a weather map that connect equal points of air pressure A) Dew point. B) Fronts. C) Air masses. D) Isobars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Isobars. 20. In low pressure systems the air circulates ..... and ..... A) Clockwise, downward. B) Clockwise, upward. C) Counter clockwise, downward. D) Counter clockwise, upward. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Counter clockwise, upward. ← 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