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Aviation Weather Exam Study Guide (IERW) (2024) || Questions & Answers (Graded A+) Aviation Weather Exam Study Guide (IERW) (2024) || Questions & Answers (Graded A+) The lowest layer of the atmosphere is the ____ and is approximately ____ feet at the equator and ____ feet at the poles. - ANSWER - troposphere 60,000' 25,000' What is the difference between dry air and natural air? - ANSWER - natural air contains water vapor and condensation nuclei Name the two major conditions affect...

FAA Aircraft Dispatcher Practical Exam Questions with complete solution How often are METARs issues? - correct answer Every hour, or whenever the weather changes and necessitates a change. In that situation, a SPECI (special METAR) is issued. What is a SPECI? - correct answer A special METAR which is created in between the hourly METARs due to a change in weather necessitating the change. -Change of winds necessitating a new runway. -WX changing from IFR to VFR or VFR to IFR. Do META...

How often are METARs issues? - Every hour, or whenever the weather changes and necessitates a change. In that situation, a SPECI (special METAR) is issued. What is a SPECI? - A special METAR which is created in between the hourly METARs due to a change in weather necessitating the change. -Change of winds necessitating a new runway. -WX changing from IFR to VFR or VFR to IFR. Do METARs describe actual or forecast conditions? - METARs depict actual field conditions. Define Radiation fog ...

When do you NOT do a procedure turn? - ANSWERSS- straight in H- hold on lieu of PT A- Arc R- Radar Vectors P- NoPT T- Timed approach from a hold fix T- teardrop course reversal What types of icing should you look out for? - ANSWERSStructural Induction Instrument What two conditions must be present for structural ice to form? - ANSWERS1. Visible moisture 2. Aircraft surface temperature below freezing What are the three kinds of structural icing & how do they form? - ANSWERS1....

Private Pilot Vocab. Test with 100% Correct Answers | Latest Update 2024 | Rated A+ Absolute Altitude - Actual height above the surface of the earth, either land or water. Absolute Ceiling - The altitude where a particular airplane's climb rate reaches zero. Adiabatic Cooling - A process of cooling the air through expansion. For example, as air moves up a slope it expands with the reduction of atmospheric pressure and cools as it expands. Adiabatic Heating - A process of heating dry air thr...

CPAER Meteorology Exam 3 (2024) || Questions & Answers (100% Correct) CPAER Meteorology Exam 3 (2024) || Questions & Answers (100% Correct) As raindrops fall through an airmass, dose the relative humidity go up or down? - ANSWER - Up What are the characteristics of altocumulus clouds? - ANSWER - Patchy, middle level clouds with some vertical development. Icing is usually present in the cloud above the icing level and will be especially heavy at the top. How does the Coriolanus affect t...

Science Bowl Ultimate Study Guide Earth/Space Latest 2024 Graded A+ Short Answer Lightning is most likely to occur at what time of day: morning, afternoon, evening, or night? ANSWER: AFTERNOON Multiple Choice Which of the following will NOT result from variations in the Moon's orbital plane with respect to the Earth? W) The Moon will continue to cause solar eclipses X) The Moon will pass over the Earth's North Pole Y) There will continue to be lunar eclipses Z) The apparent path...

Basics of diffusion, gradients, and how they relate - Answer-Diffusion: spontaneous movement of very small things. It requires no energy investment by the organism (other than keeping the temperature above freezing) --direction is random Gradients: top of gradient = high concentration, bottom of gradient = low concentration --diffuses high to low Basics of diffusion across a semipermeable barrier - AnswerFactors that speed up or slow down diffusion - Answer-size: smaller things diffuse fas...

3 adiabatic lapse rates - ️️Dry- 3C per 1,000 ft Standard- 2C per 1000 Saturated- 1.5C per 1000 3 lifting mechanisms - ️️Solar radiation-sun heats ground, which heats air and rises Topographical- wind forcing air up slope Frontal movement-cold fronts force air over it 4 types of fog and how they form - ️️Upslope- Warm moist air forced up in altitude and cooled and fall back down mtn as fog Radiation- warm air mass cools to dewpoint at night Precip-accompanies rain showers an...

USCG METEOROLOGY EXAM WITH ANSWERS Latest 2024/2025 (Graded) A barometer showing falling pressure indicates the approach of a __________. a) high pressure system b) low pressure system c) high dew point d) low dew point A boundary between two air masses is a(n) __________. a) lapse rate b) isobar c) front d) continent A cloud sequence of cirrus, cirrostratus, and altostratus clouds followed by rain usually signifies the approach of a(n) __________. a) occluded front b) stationary fr...