MCQ Air Masses, Fronts, Cyclones And Related Phenomena SET 1ALL MCQ For Air Masses, Fronts, Cyclones And Related Phenomena 1. What is a large body of air whose physical properties especially temperature and moisture content are relatively uniform horizontally?CycloneFrontAir massConvective currentQuestion 1 of 152. What is the boundary zone when two different type of air masses meet called?CloudFrontRiftCycloneQuestion 2 of 153. What is the front along which warm and light air becomes active and aggressive and rises slowly over cold and dense air?Cold FrontWarm FrontOccluded FrontStationary FrontQuestion 3 of 154. Which of the following statement is correct regarding air pressure?High pressure is associated with cloudy skies and wet weather.Low pressure is associated with clear and sunny skies.The air always moves from high pressure areas to low pressure areas.The air pressure is lowest at sea level and increases with height.Question 4 of 155. The most abundant constituent in air is _________.OxygenWaterNitrogenCarbon dioxideQuestion 5 of 156. Which one of the following is the source region for the formation of air masses?the Equatorial forestthe Siberian Plainthe Himalayasthe Deccan PlateauQuestion 6 of 157. Which type of jet streams are located approximately over 27° - 30° north latitude?South polar - night jet streamsSubtropical westerly jet streamsSubtropical easterly jet streamsNorth polar - night jet streamsQuestion 7 of 158. What is a low pressure area with wind spiralling inwards called?EarthquakeVolcanoTsunamiCycloneQuestion 8 of 159. What is a sudden violent gust of wind or localized storm, especially one bringing rain, snow, or sleet?SquallTorrentEarthquakeCycloneQuestion 9 of 1510. What is a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid called?SquallTorrentTsunamiCycloneQuestion 10 of 1511. What kind of weather would a cyclone bring?dry, warm weatherstormy weathersnowfair weatherQuestion 11 of 1512. How does a cold front form?warm air moves over cold aircold air moves under warm airwarm air meets cold airwarm air is caught between two air massesQuestion 12 of 1513. A cold, dry air mass would be calledcontinental tropiccontinental polarmaritime polarcontinental maritimeQuestion 13 of 1514. When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet, but they push at each other and neither one can move, it is called a/anwarm frontcold frontoccluded frontstationary frontQuestion 14 of 1515. The boundary between two air masses is called a/anfloodfrontclimatestormQuestion 15 of 15 Loading...
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