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Q.1 : A natural electrical phenomenon characterized by the appearance of streamers of reddish or greenish lights in the sky especially near southern and northern magnetic pole. This effect is called:
A:
Thunderstorm
B:
El Nino
C:
Aurora
D:
Tesla effect
Q.2 : An aurora is referred to as:
A:
Polar lights
B:
Northern lights
C:
Southern lights
D:
All of these
Q.3 : Which of the following is the correct pair?
A:
Aurora australis = Northern lights
B:
Aurora borealis = Southern lights
C:
Aurora australis = Southern lights
D:
None of these
Q.4 : What Aurora literally means:
A:
Dusk
B:
Dawn
C:
Goddess of Earth's core
D:
Evening
Q.5 : Plural of Aurora:
A:
Aurarae
B:
Aurorest
C:
Auroraii
D:
None of these
Q.6 : One of the longest extended lightning strikes which can last for 10 hours:
A:
El Nino
B:
Catatumbo effect
C:
Raman effect
D:
None of these
Q.7 : Catatumbo lightning is an atmospheric phenomenon occurs only over the mouth of the Catatumbo River in Venezuela. When warm and cold fronts meet where the river empties into ____________ it forms just the right conditions for this phenomenon.
A:
Lake Valencia
B:
Lake Marcaibo
C:
Lake Leopoldo
D:
Guanaco lake
Q.8 : The phenomenon that occurs as a result of the diffraction of light in clouds or fog droplets. These occur when a strong light source is behind you and the clouds reflect the light right back at you:
A:
Gloria
B:
Moonbow
C:
White rainbow
D:
Tubular clouds
Q.9 : A ___________ is an intense columnar vortex (usually appearing as a funnel-shaped cloud) that occurs over a body of water. They are non-super cell tornadoes over water:
A:
Watersprouts
B:
Thunderstorm
C:
Morning glory
D:
Cyclone
Q.10 : This weather phenomenon occurs when lightning is produced in a volcanic plume.
A:
Volcanic lightning
B:
Brinicles
C:
Cappuccino coast
D:
None of these