WX 301 PRACTICE SET 2026 COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ 500 mb is equal to. Answer: 50,000 ft
◉ The height above sea level at which the pressure is 700 mb.
Answer: 10,000 ft
◉ The pressure at 30,000 ft is about how many mb. Answer: 300
◉ Cooling air at a constant pressure does what to density. Answer:
increases density
◉ Heating a parcel or air at constant pressure will make it --- dense
than the surrounding air. The parcel will then ---.. Answer: Less, rise
◉ If I heat air in a closed container the pressure inside the container
will. Answer: rise
◉ In the ISA (standard atmosphere) the lapse rate in the
troposphere is closest to. Answer: 2ºC per 1,000 ft
◉ Pressure decreases with height faster in a --- column. Answer: cold
, ◉ A warm column of air has --- than normal pressure aloft and ---
than normal pressure near the surface. Answer: higher, lower
◉ If I am flying toward an area that is warmer than normal, my
altimeter will read. Answer: low
◉ If my altimeter is set to 30.10 in Hg and the MSL pressure is
actually 29.80 in Hg, my actual altitude is --- than indicated. Answer:
300 ft lower
◉ On a very hot day, the density altitude will be --- than normal and
I will need --- runway to become airborne at normal takeoff speed.
Answer: higher, lower
◉ An isothermal layer is a layer in which ---. Answer: temperature is
constant with height
◉ An inversion layer is where the temp --- with height. An inversion
has a --- lapse rate. Answer: increases, negative
◉ In the tropics the stratosphere is --- than in the middle latitudes.
Answer: colder
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ 500 mb is equal to. Answer: 50,000 ft
◉ The height above sea level at which the pressure is 700 mb.
Answer: 10,000 ft
◉ The pressure at 30,000 ft is about how many mb. Answer: 300
◉ Cooling air at a constant pressure does what to density. Answer:
increases density
◉ Heating a parcel or air at constant pressure will make it --- dense
than the surrounding air. The parcel will then ---.. Answer: Less, rise
◉ If I heat air in a closed container the pressure inside the container
will. Answer: rise
◉ In the ISA (standard atmosphere) the lapse rate in the
troposphere is closest to. Answer: 2ºC per 1,000 ft
◉ Pressure decreases with height faster in a --- column. Answer: cold
, ◉ A warm column of air has --- than normal pressure aloft and ---
than normal pressure near the surface. Answer: higher, lower
◉ If I am flying toward an area that is warmer than normal, my
altimeter will read. Answer: low
◉ If my altimeter is set to 30.10 in Hg and the MSL pressure is
actually 29.80 in Hg, my actual altitude is --- than indicated. Answer:
300 ft lower
◉ On a very hot day, the density altitude will be --- than normal and
I will need --- runway to become airborne at normal takeoff speed.
Answer: higher, lower
◉ An isothermal layer is a layer in which ---. Answer: temperature is
constant with height
◉ An inversion layer is where the temp --- with height. An inversion
has a --- lapse rate. Answer: increases, negative
◉ In the tropics the stratosphere is --- than in the middle latitudes.
Answer: colder
