MCQs on Meteorology

 1. What does meteorology focus on?

a) Rainfall Measurement

b) Weather Forecasting

c) Distance Measurement

Ans : b) Weather Forecasting

2. Meteorology combines with hydrology to form the interdisciplinary field called:

a)Dynamic Meteorology

b)Hydrometeorology

c)Maritime Meteorology

Ans : b)Hydrometeorology

3. What are scientists who study meteorology called?

a)Meteorist

b)Analyzers

c)Meteorologist

Ans : c)Meteorologist

4. All of the following are tools used in meteorology EXCEPT:

a) A rain guage

b) A hammer

c) A barometer

Ans : b) A hammer

5. What is the concept of collecting data from remote weather events called?

a) Maritime Meteorology

b) Remote sensing

c) Aviation Meteorology

Ans : b) Remote sensing

6. What does boundary layer meteorology study?

a) Gamma rays

b) Atmospheric boundary layer

c) Planet emission

Ans : b) Atmospheric boundary layer

7. What is the name of the study of the fluid dynamics of the atmosphere?

a) Maritime meteorology

b) Aviation meteorology

c) Dynamic meteorology

Ans : c) Dynamic meteorology

8. The study of the impact of weather on the air traffic management is called:

a) Maritime meteorology

b) Hydrometeorology

c) Aviation meteorology

Ans : c) Aviation meteorology

9. All of the following are fields of the meteorology EXCEPT:

a) Dynamic meteorology

b) Underground meteorology

c) Aviation meteorology

Ans : b) Underground meteorology

10. What does maritime meteorology predict?

a) Fish migration

b) Waves

c) Possibility of sea sickness

Ans : b) Waves

11. What does the word ‘meteorology’ define?

a) Study of meteors and asteroids

b) Study of measurements and instruments

c) Study of chemical properties of metals

d) Study of the weather and atmospheric changes

Answer: d) d) Study of the weather and atmospheric changes

12. What is a “tetroon” in the field of meteorology?

a) A tool used to study wind patterns

b) A tool used to study pressure variations

c) A tool used to study temperature deviations

d) A tool used to study humidity

Answer: a) A tool used to study wind patterns

13. The stability of the stratosphere is due to which of the following reasons?

a) Absorption of solar energy by ozone layer

b) Strong wind currents

c) Pressure is minimal

d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a) Absorption of solar energy by ozone layer

14. Which of the following is regarded as climate control factor(s)?

a) Latitude

b) Elevation

c) Ocean currents

d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d) All of the mentioned

15.The study of earth's atmosphere including climate and weather is known as

a) Geology

b) Astrology

c)Climatology

d) Meteorology

Ans : d) Meteorology

16. The most common carriers of meteorology is

a) climate changes

b) weather forecasting

c) climate post casting

d) broadcasting

Ans : b) weather forecasting

17. What tool measures air pressure?

A thermometer

B anemometer

C psychrometer

D barometer

Answer: barometer

18. Which of the following increases air’s ability to hold water vapor?

A increase in wind speed

B increase in temperature

C decrease in temperature

D decrease in air pressure

Answer: increase in temperature

19. A windsock does NOT

A consist of a cone-shaped bag.

B measure wind speed.

C measure wind direction.

D allow wind to pass through it.

Answer: measure wind speed.

20. Which information can you get from a weather map?

A a 5-day weather forecast

B wind speeds and directions

C the locations of cold fronts

D barometric pressure

Answer: the locations of cold fronts

21. Which describes an altocumulus cloud?

A high, feathery cloud

B puffy mid-level cloud

C low storm cloud

D high cloud made of ice crystals

Answer: puffy mid-level cloud

22. A continental polar air mass forms in

A the Pacific Ocean.

B northern Canada.

C the Gulf of Mexico.

D the desert Southwest

Answer: northern Canada.

23. Which of the following does NOT collect weather-related data from the upper atmosphere?

A weather balloon

B Doppler radar

C psychrometer

D weather satellite

Answer: psychrometer

24. Prevailing winds that travel to a region across a large body of water would probably make the region’s climate

A warmer

B wetter

C cooler

D drier

Answer: wetter