December 9, 2024

Storming the quiz: Are you a meteorology master?

Questions

  1. What is the main gas found in the Earth’s atmosphere?
  2. What is the term for the boundary between two different air masses?
  3. Which type of cloud is typically associated with thunderstorms?
  4. What scale is used to measure the intensity of tornadoes?
  5. What phenomenon is characterized by a rapid drop in temperature and is typically associated with a coming storm front?
  6. What does the term “humidity” refer to?
  7. Which layer of the Earth’s atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
  8. What is the primary cause of ocean currents?
  9. What type of precipitation occurs when raindrops freeze before reaching the ground?
  10. What is the phenomenon called when warm air rises and cools, resulting in water vapor condensing into liquid?

Answers

  1. Nitrogen
  2. Front
  3. Cumulonimbus
  4. Fujita Scale
  5.  Cold Front
  6. The amount of water vapor in the air
  7. Stratosphere
  8.  All of them
  9. Sleet
  10. Condensation