Quiz about Meteorology Review Sheet

Question 1

In which layer of the atmosphere does all weather occur?

Accepted Answer

Troposphere

Answer

Stratosphere

Answer

Mesosphere

Answer

Thermospere

Question 2

In which layer of the atmosphere, do we find the Ozone layer?

Accepted Answer

Stratosphere

Answer

Troposphere

Answer

Mesosphere

Answer

Thermosphere

Question 3

What are the TWO most abundant gases in Earth's atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Nitrogen and Oxygen

Answer

Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen

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Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide

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Oxygen and Argon

Question 4

What has been happening to the concentration of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Increasing over time

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Decreasing over time

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Remaining steady over time

Question 5

What materials are clouds made up of?

Accepted Answer

Water and Ice droplets

Answer

Ice droplets and Nitrogen

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Nitrogen and Oxygen

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Carbon Dioxide and water

Question 6

What phase of matter is a cloud?

Accepted Answer

Liquid

Answer

Solid

Answer

Gas

Question 7

Can you see water become ice?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Answer

No

Question 8

In which phase does water naturally exist in the atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Gas

Answer

Solid

Answer

Liquid

Question 9

What might be contributing to rising carbon dioxide levels within the last 100 years?

Accepted Answer

Use of fossil fuels

Answer

Number of dogs on planet earth

Answer

Use of electric vehicles

Answer

Rising oxygen levels

Question 10

What happens during evaporation?

Accepted Answer

Liquid --> Gas

Answer

Solid --> Liquid

Answer

Gas --> Solid

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Gas --> Liquid

Question 11

What phase change happens during condensation?

Accepted Answer

Gas --> Liquid

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Solid --> Liquid

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Liquid --> Gas

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Gas --> Solid

Question 12

What phase change happens during melting?

Accepted Answer

Solid --> Liquid

Answer

Liquid --> Gas

Answer

Gas --> Solid

Answer

Gas --> Liquid

Question 13

What phase change happens during freezing?

Accepted Answer

Liquid --> Solid

Answer

Solid --> liquid

Answer

Solid --> Gas

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Gas --> Liquid

Question 14

What phase change happens during sublimation?

Accepted Answer

Solid --> Gas

Answer

Solid --> Liquid

Answer

Liquid --> Gas

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Gas --> Liquid

Question 15

What phase change happens during deposition?

Accepted Answer

Gas --> Solid

Answer

Solid --> Gas

Answer

Liquid --> Gas

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Solid --> Liquid

Question 16

During evaporation (liquid to a gas), is energy being added to the atmosphere or removed from the atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Energy added to atmosphere

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Energy removed from atmosphere

Question 17

During condensation (gas to liquid), is energy being added to or removed from the atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Energy is added to the atmosphere

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Energy is removed from the atmosphere

Question 18

During melting (solid to a liquid), is energy added to the atmosphere or removed from the atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Energy is removed from the atmosphere

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Energy is added to the atmosphere

Question 19

During freezing (liquid to a solid), is energy added to the atmosphere or removed from the atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Energy is removed from the atmosphere

Answer

Energy is added to the atmosphere

Question 20

During sublimation (solid directly to gas), is energy added to the atmosphere or removed from the atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Energy is added to the atmosphere

Answer

Energy is removed from the atmosphere

Question 21

During deposition , is energy added to the atmosphere or removed from the atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Energy is removed from the atmosphere

Answer

Energy is added to the atmosphere

Question 22

How does the Earth remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Photosynthesis

Answer

Respiration

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Combustion

Answer

Geological Processes

Question 23

Which of the following is a temperature scale?

Accepted Answer

Fahrenheit

Answer

Cirrus

Answer

Nimbus

Answer

Stratus

Question 24

Which of the following is a temperature scale?

Accepted Answer

Celsius

Answer

Occluded

Answer

Coreolis

Answer

Cirrus

Question 25

Which of the following is a temperature scale?

Accepted Answer

Kelvin

Answer

Nimbus

Answer

Stationary

Answer

Coreolis

Question 26

What is the freezing point of Celsius?

Accepted Answer

0 degrees

Answer

100 degress

Answer

50 degrees

Answer

32 degrees

Question 27

What is the boiling point of Celsius?

Accepted Answer

100 degrees

Answer

0 degrees

Answer

32 degrees

Answer

50 degrees

Question 28

What is the boiling temperature of Fahrenheit?

Accepted Answer

212 degrees

Answer

0 degrees

Answer

32 degrees

Answer

100 degrees

Question 29

What is the freezing point of Fahrenheit?

Accepted Answer

32 degrees

Answer

0 degrees

Answer

100 degrees

Answer

212 degrees

Question 30

What is the boiling point of Kelvin?

Accepted Answer

373 degrees

Answer

50 degrees

Answer

100 degrees

Answer

212 degrees

Question 31

What is the freezing point of Kelvin?

Accepted Answer

273.15 degrees

Answer

0 degrees

Answer

32 degrees

Answer

50 degrees

Question 32

Which heat transfer method occurs with direct contact between objects?

Accepted Answer

Conduction

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Convection

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Radiation

Question 33

Which heat transfer method occurs through water or air?

Accepted Answer

Convection

Answer

Conduction

Answer

Radiation

Question 34

Which heat transfer method transfers through electromagnetic waves (like the heat from the sun)?

Accepted Answer

Radiation

Answer

Conduction

Answer

Convection

Question 35

Which layer of the atmosphere is the coldest?

Accepted Answer

Mesosphere

Answer

Troposphere

Answer

Stratosphere

Answer

Thermosphere

Question 36

Which layer of the atmosphere is the hottest?

Accepted Answer

Thermosphere

Answer

Troposphere

Answer

Stratosphere

Answer

Mesosphere

Question 37

What happens to the temperature of a rising air parcel?

Accepted Answer

Always cools due to expansion

Answer

Always warms due to expansion

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Always cools due to compression

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Always warms due to compression

Question 38

What percentage of solar energy that strikes earth's outer atmosphere eventually reaches earth's surface?

Accepted Answer

50%

Answer

30%

Answer

25%

Answer

5%

Question 39

Which is true about the heating of the Earth during the day?

Accepted Answer

The Earth emits and absorbs energy at equal rates

Answer

The Earth absorbs more energy than it emits

Answer

The Earth emits more energy than it absorbs

Answer

The Earth doesn't emit any energy

Question 40

As air temperature increases, what happens to the air's potential capacity for water vapor?

Accepted Answer

Increases

Answer

Decreases

Answer

Remains constant

Question 41

Which of the following can hold more water vapor?

Accepted Answer

Warmer air

Answer

Cooler air

Question 42

The amount of water vapor in the air compared to the amount of water vapor the air can hold is called

Accepted Answer

Relative Humidity

Answer

Dew Point

Answer

Coriolis effect

Answer

S

Question 43

The temperature to which air must be cooled in order to become saturated is known as.....

Accepted Answer

Dew Point

Answer

Water Vapor

Answer

Relative Humidity

Answer

Relative density

Question 44

What happens to relative humidity as the difference between air temperature and dew point increases?

Accepted Answer

Decreases

Answer

Increases

Answer

Stays the same

Question 45

What instrument uses wet-bulb and dry-bulb temperatures to obtain relative humidity?

Accepted Answer

Sling pyschrometer

Answer

Infrared Hygrometer

Answer

Slingshot

Answer

Heat hygrometer

Question 46

The temperature to which air must be cooled in order to become saturated is known as....

Accepted Answer

Dew Point temperature

Answer

Wet-bulb temperature

Answer

Minimum Temperature

Answer

Freezing Temperature

Question 47

Which of the terms below forms only water?

Accepted Answer

Hurricanes

Answer

Tornadoes

Answer

Cyclones

Answer

Thunderstorms

Question 48

When molecules of water evaporate into the air and replace the heavier molecules of oxygen and nitrogen, what will happen to the density of the air?

Accepted Answer

Decreases

Answer

Increases

Answer

Remains the same

Question 49

What is the instrument used to measure wind speed called?

Accepted Answer

Anemometer

Answer

Ceilometer

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Psychrometer

Answer

Tachometer

Question 50

Air pressure is usually the highest when the air is.....

Accepted Answer

cool and dry

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warm and humid

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Cool and humid

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warm and dry

Question 51

Air that is maritime tropical (mT) will be....

Accepted Answer

Warmer and moister

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Colder and drier

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Warmer and drier

Answer

Warmer and drier

Question 52

The upper air flow from Canada would bring a _________________ air mass into the United States.......

Accepted Answer

cP

Answer

mP

Answer

cT

Answer

mT

Question 53

The front shown in this diagram is a (n) __________________ front. The coldest air is at point ________

Accepted Answer

Stationary, 1

Answer

Occluded, 1

Answer

Occluded, 2

Answer

Stationary, 2

Question 54

Referring to the diagram, which position is located in the warm sector?

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

1

Answer

2

Answer

4

Question 55

The greatest contrast in both temperature and moisture will occur along the boundary separating which air masses?

Accepted Answer

mT and cP

Answer

mP and cT

Answer

mP and mT

Answer

cP and cT

Question 56

Referring to Diagram 5, clearing skies are most likely at position....

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

1

Answer

2

Answer

3

Question 57

The weather map shows a cold front approaching three cities. The two isobars are labeled A and B. What is the probable value of isobar B?

Accepted Answer

1004.6 mb

Answer

904.0 mb

Answer

997.6 mb

Answer

1004.0 mb

Question 58

The map represents a section of a weather map for locations in the eastern United States. The map shows a low-pressure system, fronts, and weather stations A, B, C, and D. At which weather station are weather conditions probably the most unstable (unsettled)?

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

A

Answer

C

Answer

D

Question 59

Small ice pellets that grow as they fall through a cloud and are caught in updraft is called....

Accepted Answer

Hail

Answer

Rain

Answer

Snow

Answer

Sleet

Question 60

Small falling water particles that freeze and turn to ice when they hit the ground

Accepted Answer

Sleet

Answer

Rain

Answer

Snow

Answer

Hail

Question 61

Water droplets that fall from a cloud with a diameter of at least .5 mm is called

Accepted Answer

Rain

Answer

Sleet

Answer

Hail

Answer

Snow

Question 62

Precipitation in the form of ice crystals is called

Accepted Answer

Snow

Answer

Rain

Answer

Sleet

Answer

Hail

Question 63

Most clouds form in the atmosphere when moist air ...

Accepted Answer

Rises, expands and cools to the dewpoint

Answer

Rises, expands and warms to the dewpoint

Answer

Sinks, compresses and cools to the dewpoint

Answer

Sinks, expands, and warms to the dewpoint

Question 64

A layer of dark, rain clouds are called...

Accepted Answer

Nimbostratus

Answer

Stratus

Answer

Cumulus

Answer

Cirrus

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