This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Weather > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 72 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 72 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What instrument measures wind direction? A) Wind vane. B) Hydrometer. C) Rain gauge. D) Barometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wind vane. 2. What phenomenon naturally warms Earth's lower atmosphere and surface? A) The formation of sunspots. B) Changes in the shape of Earth's orbit. C) Global warming. D) The greenhouse effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The greenhouse effect. 3. Source of all energy in our atmosphere A) Ions. B) Water cycle. C) The Moon. D) The Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Sun. 4. During the day, the Sun heats the ocean and the ocean stores this energy. During the evening the land cools and the ocean sends the energy back to the air. As a result, you get a cool breeze. Which direction would the breeze blow? A) From land to water. B) From water to land. C) From the moon to the ocean. D) From the ocean to the moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From land to water. 5. Another word for air pressure A) Air pressure. B) Weight. C) Pushing down on Earth. D) Atmospheric pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atmospheric pressure. 6. Review Earth's four spheres. Where would you place the clouds you see each day? A) Lithosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atmosphere. 7. Who discovered the Coriolis effect? A) Albert Einstein. B) Gustave Gaspard Coriolis. C) James Mathison Coriolis. D) Thomas Luis Coriolis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gustave Gaspard Coriolis. 8. If a rain gauge has 4 cm of precipitation before a storm and 7 cm after a storm, how much rain fell during the storm? A) 7 cm. B) 4 cm. C) 3 cm. D) 11 cm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3 cm. 9. An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure A) Isotherm. B) Barometer. C) Isobar. D) Millibar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barometer. 10. Large areas of air with similar characteristics A) Front. B) Air masses. C) Anemometer. D) Moisture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air masses. 11. Ozone in Earth's atmosphere is important because it A) Causes rain to fall. B) Absorbs harmful radiation. C) Absorbs harmful pollution. D) Helps clouds form. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absorbs harmful radiation. 12. Cold air traveling south from Canada is: A) Continental tropical. B) Continental polar. C) Maritime tropical. D) Maritime polar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Continental polar. 13. What connects places on a weather map that have the same pressure? A) Thermolines. B) Baromolines. C) Thermobars. D) Isobars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Isobars. 14. Which value would you add to convert Celsius to Kelvin? A) 100. B) 273. C) 300. D) 98.6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 273. 15. In what layer of the atmosphere does all weather events occur? A) Stratosphere. B) Exosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Troposphere. 16. The outermost layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is cold but gets much hotter as you gain altitude is ..... A) Troposphere. B) Twilight zone. C) Mesosphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thermosphere. 17. Without the ..... the wind would not blow and the water would not flow. A) Clouds. B) Gravitational Pull. C) The Coriolis effect. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sun. 18. Instrument that measures wind speed A) Barometer. B) Anemometer. C) Wind vane. D) Thermometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anemometer. 19. Why do you think pirates despise the doldrums. A) Because their wind turbines wouldn't power their ships. B) Because they couldn't get their pinwheel toys working. C) Because they don't get a nice breeze in their long pirate beards. D) Because the calm winds interfered with their treasure hunting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because the calm winds interfered with their treasure hunting. 20. In some years there are more hurricanes than usual. This is probably because A) The ocean is warmer than usual. B) The ozone layer is very thin. C) There are more windy days than usual. D) The gravitational pull of the Moon is stronger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ocean is warmer than usual. ← 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