Weather Wiz Kids Quiz Hard #2
1) A northeaster along the east coast of the U.S. is best developed when a low pressure area moves:
a) Eastward over the Great Lakes
b) Northeastward from the Texas panhandle
c) From the west to east over Canada
d) Northeastward over the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the coast
2) The most abundant gas in the atmosphere by volume is:
a) Oxygen
b) Carbon Dioxide
c) Nitrogen
d) Argon
3) Most thunderstorms do not extend very far into the stratosphere because the air is:
a)
Stable
b)
Unstable
c)
Too thin
d)
Too cold
4) What type of fog forms on nights with light winds, clear skies, low dewpoint depressions, and moist soils?
a)
Upslope Fog
b)
Thermal Fog
c)
Radiational Fog
d)
Warm Air Advection Fog
5) In most cloud-to-ground lightning strikes, the ground tends to be charged:
a) Positively
b) Negatively
6) Snow cover is difficut to identify by the use of visible imagery alone because it looks very much like:
a) Tree-covered terrain
b) Cloud cover
c) Barren terrain
d) Flat terrain
7) When comparing the moisture content in the air between two locations it is best to use?
a) The dry bulb temperature
b) The wet bulb temperature
c) Relative Humidity
d) The dewpoint
8)
Which weather phenomena would be nearly impossible to observe without the aid of satellite imagery?
a) Location of a deep ocean hurricane
b) Location of a cold front boundary
c) Location of a MCC
d) Location of a mid-latitude cyclone
9)
Which of the following air masses is the most dense?
a) Cold and moist
b) Cold and dry
c) Warm and moist
d) Warm and dry
10) The dewpoint is greater than the temperature:
a) When clouds form
b) When its raining
c) When the relative humidity is 100%
d) Never