This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Weather > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 63 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 63 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What gas in our atmosphere is responsible for blocking out Ultra Violet Radiation A) Ozone. B) Carbon Dioxide. C) Oxygen. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ozone. 2. Mid level puffy cloud ..... A) Cumulonimbus. B) Altocumulus. C) Stratocumulus. D) Nimbostratus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Altocumulus. 3. The letter 'H' on a weather map stands for a ..... zone. A) High pressure zone. B) Low pressure zone. C) Humid zone. D) Halitosis zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High pressure zone. 4. What weather would you find at a stationary front? A) Many days of wet weather. B) Dry, warm temperatures. C) A mix of dry and wet days. D) Mild weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Many days of wet weather. 5. When a rapidly moving cold air mass replaces and pushes up on a slower-moving warm air mass, the result is a(n)- A) Stationary front. B) Cold front. C) Warm front. D) Occluded front. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cold front. 6. Auroras occur where Earth's magnetosphere traps high-energy particles in which region of the atmosphere? A) Troposphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thermosphere. 7. A student is studying the formation of hurricanes. He reads a news item that describes a hurricane that formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean with wind speeds of 120 kilometers per hour. In class, the student says that if the hurricane had formed in the northern Pacific Ocean near Alaska, it would have had stronger winds. The teacher tells the student that this is not possible. Why does the teacher tell the student that the suggestion about hurricanes is not possible? A) Hurricanes form in regions of warm ocean waters, with dry air and heavy winds above the water surface. B) Hurricanes form in regions of cool ocean waters, with dry air and light winds above the water surface. C) Hurricanes form in regions of warm ocean waters, with high moisture and light winds above the water surface. D) Hurricanes form in regions of cool ocean waters, with high moisture and heavy winds above the water surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hurricanes form in regions of warm ocean waters, with high moisture and light winds above the water surface. 8. Cold, dry air affecting the northern United States in winter often comes from ..... A) Maritime polar air masses. B) Maritime tropical air masses. C) Continental polar air masses. D) Continental tropical air masses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Continental polar air masses. 9. The major difference between a tropical storm and a hurricane is ..... A) Rainfall amounts. B) Wind speed. C) Air temperature. D) Latitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wind speed. 10. Either rain or snow that melted as it falls. The upper atmosphere is warm. Liquid in the air. As it falls, The bottom temperature is below freezing and it forms ice balls. A) Hail. B) Freezing rain. C) Sleet. D) Snow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sleet. 11. What is the atmosphere? A) The layer that contains the ozone layer. B) The layer in which weather occurs. C) The layer of gases that surrounds Earth. D) The layer of water in the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The layer of gases that surrounds Earth. 12. When rain forms in relatively warm air falls through a layer of freezing air what does it produce? A) Rain. B) Sleet. C) Dew. D) Frost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sleet. 13. FM means? A) Permanent gradual change. B) Permanent immediate change. C) Temporary change. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Permanent immediate change. 14. Which of the following is not a contributing factor to the uneven warming of Earth's surface? A) Land and Water warm at different rates. B) Different color surfaces retain energy differently. C) The sun is farther from the Earth during the winter. D) The sun's rays hit the surface at various angles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sun is farther from the Earth during the winter. 15. What is a weather front? A) Boundary between two air masses. B) Where thunder and lightning are. C) Large body of air with similar moisture and temperature. D) Gases that surround the earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boundary between two air masses. 16. The ..... deflects moving air to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere A) Coriolis effect. B) Wind effect. C) Air mass effect. D) Wax on Wax off. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coriolis effect. 17. In what direction(s) does air exert pressure? A) Everywhere. B) No where. C) There is no pressure. D) Downward. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Everywhere. 18. How do greenhouse gases increase our temperatures? A) Allow UV radiation to reach earth's surface. B) Create a hole in the ozone layer that lets in heat. C) Trap thermal energy from returning to space. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trap thermal energy from returning to space. 19. How does oxygen in the atmosphere help protect and support life on Earth? A) Provides the air necessary for the survival of living things. B) Creates cool temperatures on Earth by reflecting UV rays. C) Provides the gravity that all things need to keep from floating away. D) Forms nutrients for plants by condensing and falling to the ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Provides the air necessary for the survival of living things. 20. When cloud droplets combine to form larger drops, they fall to Earth as A) Ozone. B) Condensation. C) Water vapor. D) Precipitation. 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