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Aviation Weather Latest Update 100% Pass
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Natural Air Dry air + Condensation Nuclei + Water Vapor 
Three Cell Theory - Uneven heating from the sun 
- Tilt of the Earth 
- Coriolis Force 
Three Cell Theory of Circulation Air cools and descents to the upper latitudes 
Warm air rises and moves toward the poles 
Air cools and descents to the lower latitudes 
Between the 30o- 60o N latitude is primarily where the U.S. is located. What is the prevailing 
wind direction? From western / Westerly
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Natural Air Dry air + Condensation Nuclei + Water Vapor 
 
Three Cell Theory - Uneven heating from the sun 
 
- Tilt of the Earth 
 
- Coriolis Force 
 
Three Cell Theory of Circulation Air cools and descents to the upper latitudes 
 
Warm air rises and moves toward the poles 
 
Air cools and descents to the lower latitudes 
 
Between the 30o- 60o N latitude is primarily where the U.S. is located. What is the prevailing 
wind direction? From western...
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The uneven heating of adjacent bodies of air causing warm air to be drawn upward, and more dense air downward defines______________________________________________. - Answer-CONVECTIVE CURRENTS 
 
Air is deflected to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere due to the ________________________________. - Answer-CORIOLIS FORCE 
 
A narrow, high-speed, meandering band of air moving at a high altitude is called the __________. - Answer-JET STREAM 
 
Clear Air T...
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The contour lines drawn on a 500 mb chart are lines of constant 
height 
 
 
The unit of pressure most commonly found on a surface weather map is 
millibars or hectopascals 
 
 
Isobaric surfaces are ____ in warm, less-dense air and ____in cold, more-dense air. 
higher; lower 
 
 
Because of friction, surface winds move ____ winds aloft with the same pressure gradient. 
more slowly than 
 
 
The pressure gradient force is directed from higher pressure toward l...
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Every physical process of weather is accompanied by or is the result of..... 
-a heat exchange 
-the movement of air 
-a pressure differential 
Moisture is added to a parcel of air by..... 
-Sublimation and condensation 
-Evaporation and condensation 
-Evaporation and sublimation 
 
With regards to windflow patterns show on surface analysis charts; when the isobars are..... 
Close together, the pressure gradient force is slight and wind velocities are we...
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A ____ is generally associated with trough on an upper level isobaric chart. low pressure 
center 
 
A geostrophic wind is a wind that results from a balance between the ____ force and the ____ 
force. Coriolis; pressure gradient 
 
A rising parcel of air that does not exchange heat with its surroundings is an example of ____. 
an adiabatic process 
 
A sea or land breeze is caused by ____. temperature differences 
 
A station at...
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Every physical process of weather is accompanied by, or is the result of, a 
a. Movement of air 
b. Pressure differential 
c. Heat exchange C. Heat Exchange 
What causes variations in altimeter settings between weather points? 
a. Unequal heating of the Earth's surface 
b. Variation of terrain elevation 
c. Coriolis Force A. Unequal heating of the Earth's surface 
The wind at 5,000 feet AGL is southwesterly while the surface wind is southerly. This difference 
in direction is primarily due to ...
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Second Continental Congress - ANSWER-A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. 
 
Townshend Acts (1767) - ANSWER-A series of British acts passed beginning in 1767 and relating to the British American colonies in North America. 
 
Thirteen Colonies - ANSWER-A group ...
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A condition where the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean turns cooler than normal is 
called La Niña. 
 
A dryline is both a dew point front and a boundary marking a strong horizontal change in 
atmospheric moisture. 
 
A geostrophic wind is a wind that results from a balance between the ____ force and the ____ 
force. Coriolis; pressure gradient 
 
A pilot enters the weather service office and wants to know what time of the day s...
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GEOG 1900 Final Exam with Complete 
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The forces involved in surface winds and in geostrophic winds Eddy viscosity 
Geostrophic winds 
Eddy viscosity Friction associated with the dissipation of kinetic energy due to eddies. 
The rougher the surface, the greater the eddy viscosity. The eddy viscosity decays rapidly with 
the height above the Earth's surface so that the horizontal winds strengthen with the height. 
Geostrophic winds upper-level winds (the balance between the horizonta...
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