AVIA 340 WEATHER REVIEW
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS)
__________ __________ is the ultimate weather engine. -
correct answer- Uneven heating
___________ _________ increases the likelihood of cloud
formation. - correct answer- Condensation Nuclei
Advection fog deepens when winds increase to about knots -
correct answer- 15
Advection fog is sometimes called - correct answer- sea
fog
Air has _______. - correct answer- Weight
Air is heated unevenly by incoming ________. - correct
answer- Solar Radiation
,Air Mass - correct answer- A huge body of air that has
similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given
height
As high-pressure air descends and makes contact with the
surface it _______and as low-pressure air rises, the air around it
_________ toward the center of the low. - correct answer-
diverges, converges
As high-pressure air descends, it tends to ______ slightly
decreasing the relative humidity. - correct answer- warm
up
Because of these two forces - pressure gradient and the Coriolis
force, air circulation around a high or low flows___________ to
the isobars instead of ____________them. - correct
answer- Parallel, Across
Clear Ice - correct answer- forms when after an initial
impact, the remaining liquid portion of the supercooled water
droplet flows over the aircraft's surface gradually freezing as a
smooth solid sheet of ice.
Rain or in Cumulus Clouds
, Bigger Supercooled water droplets
Clouds are _______likely to form with decreasing relative
humidity, and clouds that are present are likely to dissipate.
Highs are generally associated with __________ skies. -
correct answer- less, clear
Cold frontal slopes range on a meteorological scale of
___________(steep) to _____________ (not too steep) and
average about ______________. - correct answer- 1/50,
1/150, 1/80
Cooling the air ____ its relative humidity - correct answer-
increases
cyclone - correct answer- Low pressure, counter-
clockwise
Dewpoint - correct answer- The temperature to which
air must be cooled to become saturated.
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS)
__________ __________ is the ultimate weather engine. -
correct answer- Uneven heating
___________ _________ increases the likelihood of cloud
formation. - correct answer- Condensation Nuclei
Advection fog deepens when winds increase to about knots -
correct answer- 15
Advection fog is sometimes called - correct answer- sea
fog
Air has _______. - correct answer- Weight
Air is heated unevenly by incoming ________. - correct
answer- Solar Radiation
,Air Mass - correct answer- A huge body of air that has
similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given
height
As high-pressure air descends and makes contact with the
surface it _______and as low-pressure air rises, the air around it
_________ toward the center of the low. - correct answer-
diverges, converges
As high-pressure air descends, it tends to ______ slightly
decreasing the relative humidity. - correct answer- warm
up
Because of these two forces - pressure gradient and the Coriolis
force, air circulation around a high or low flows___________ to
the isobars instead of ____________them. - correct
answer- Parallel, Across
Clear Ice - correct answer- forms when after an initial
impact, the remaining liquid portion of the supercooled water
droplet flows over the aircraft's surface gradually freezing as a
smooth solid sheet of ice.
Rain or in Cumulus Clouds
, Bigger Supercooled water droplets
Clouds are _______likely to form with decreasing relative
humidity, and clouds that are present are likely to dissipate.
Highs are generally associated with __________ skies. -
correct answer- less, clear
Cold frontal slopes range on a meteorological scale of
___________(steep) to _____________ (not too steep) and
average about ______________. - correct answer- 1/50,
1/150, 1/80
Cooling the air ____ its relative humidity - correct answer-
increases
cyclone - correct answer- Low pressure, counter-
clockwise
Dewpoint - correct answer- The temperature to which
air must be cooled to become saturated.
