Practice Wind Energy Multiple Choice Multiple Choice Questions with Answers Quiz-1

Q.1.

What are westerly winds?

a) Winds blowing from sub-tropical high pressure areas to sub-polar low pressure areas
b) Winds that trade with each other
c) Winds blowing from equatorial high pressure areas to sub-tropical low pressure areas
d) Winds blowing from equatorial low pressure areas to sub-tropical high pressure areas

Q.2.

Westerly winds of Southern Hemisphere ______

a) weaker and maintain a constant direction than its counterpart in Northern Hemisphere
b) are stronger and maintain a constant direction than its counterpart in Northern Hemisphere are
c) are stronger but do not maintain a constant direction than its counterpart in Northern Hemisphere
d) blow from equatorial low pressure areas to sub-tropical high pressure areas

Q.3.

What are periodic winds?

a) Westerly winds
b) Winds that do not change their direction periodically with the change in season
c) Winds that change their direction periodically with the change in season
d) Trade winds

Q.4.

Which of the following are examples of periodic winds?

Q.5.

A downburst is created by an area of rain-cooled air that _____

a) after hitting the ground generates strong winds which spread in all directions
b) don’t hit the ground
c) after hitting the ground generates extremely weak winds which spreads in all directions
d) are short gusts

Q.6.

What is sea breeze?

a) Winds that don’t strike the ground level
b) Winds from sea that flow during day towards the land and replace the lighter and rising hot air
c) Winds that hit the land to generate extremely weak winds which spreads in all directions
d) Short gusts originating from sea

Q.7.

What is land breeze?

a) Winds that hit the sea to generate extremely weak winds which spreads in all directions
b) Winds from land that flow during night towards the sea and replace the lighter and rising hot air
c) Winds from sea that flow towards the land and replace the lighter and rising hot air
d) Short gusts originating from land

Q.8.

Which of the following equations best explains the phenomenon of winds flowing from high pressure to low pressure?

Q.9.

How do thunderstorms form?

a) Thunderstorms originate from a pleasant breeze
b) Thunderstorms are produced by mid-level clouds
c) Thunderstorms are produced by cumulonimbus cloud which generated gusty winds and heavy rains
d) Thunderstorms originate from low-level clouds and do not carry rain with them

Q.10.

Which of the following are types of winds?

Q.11.

What is considered as a strong breeze on a Beaufort Wind Scale?