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TSC 113 Midterm 1 Exam |questions & Answers Passed with Grade A
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What are the 2 main divisions of clouds? -Normal and Special 
What are Cumuliform Clouds? -Normal Clouds 
- look like stacks of cotton balls 
- associated with updrafts (warm air rising) 
What are some hazards of Cumuliform Clouds? -- strong updrafts 
- thunderstorms 
From smallest to largest rank cumuliform clouds -1. Cumulus Humilis 
2. Cumulus Mediocris 
3. Cumulus Congestus 
4. Cumulonimbus
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ATSC 113 Midterm 1 | 130 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest Update | 22 Pages
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What are the 2 main divisions of clouds? - Normal and Special 
What are Cumuliform Clouds? - 
Normal Clouds 
- look like stacks of cotton balls 
- associated with updrafts (warm air rising) 
What are some hazards of Cumuliform Clouds? - 
- strong updrafts 
- thunderstorms 
From smallest to largest rank cumuliform clouds - 
1. Cumulus Humilis 
2. Cumulus Mediocris 
3. Cumulus Congestus 
4. Cumulonimbus
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ATSC final questions and answers graded A+
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ATSC final questions and answers graded A+ types of normal clouds convection/ cumuliform (cotton balls) & layer/stratiform (blanket) 
convection/ cumuliform clouds Forms when warm humid air rises through cooler surrounding air in the atmosphere. 
have relatively flat bases that are somewhat near to the ground 
form wherever the air at ground level is colder than the ground or ocean-surface 
hazard- there is usually an updraft that starts near ground level and extends up into the cloud and weak d...
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Atsc 113 final exam question and answers 2023 updatedFLYING SECTION: 
normal clouds - correct answer - classified into two categories 
 
1. convective clouds/ cumuliform clouds (Cu) 
- look like stacks of cotton balls -- are associated with updrafts 
 
2. layer clouds/ stratiform clouds (St) 
- look like sheets or blankets that can extend hundreds of kilometers horizontally. 
 
cumuliform clouds - correct answer 
 
cumuliform continued - correct answer - form when warm humid air rises through...
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ATSC 113 Midterm 1| 130 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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What are the 2 main divisions of clouds? correct answer: Normal and Special 
 
What are Cumuliform Clouds? correct answer: Normal Clouds 
- look like stacks of cotton balls 
- associated with updrafts (warm air rising) 
 
What are some hazards of Cumuliform Clouds? correct answer: - strong updrafts 
- thunderstorms 
 
From smallest to largest rank cumuliform clouds correct answer: 1. Cumulus Humilis 
2. Cumulus Mediocris 
3. Cumulus Congestus 
4. Cumulonimbus 
 
What are Stratiform Clouds? c...
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ATSC 113 Fly C Exam Questions with Correct Answers
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ATSC 113 Fly C Exam Questions with Correct Answers 
 
Ice crystal icing - Answer-ice instantly melting and refreezing on turbine blades; most commonly when jet aircraft fly at high altitudes through ice-crystal tops of tropical thunderstorms 
 
fronts - Answer-boundary between warmer and cooler air; rotates around a low-pressure center (frontogenesis, frontolysis) 
If cold advances = cold front 
If cold retreats = warm front 
If boundary doesn't move = stationary front 
If cold front merges wi...
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ATSC 113 FLYING EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+
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ATSC 113 FLYING EXAM | QUESTIONS & 
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VFR 
Correct Answer: Visual flight rules = fly by mostly looking out the window; need good 
visibility and stay out of clouds; all pilots learn how to fly VFR 
VFC 
Correct Answer: "Visual Meteorological Conditions = weather that is good enough to fly 
VFR --> horizontal visibility of 3 statute miles or more, ceiling of 1000 feet above airport" 
Flying into couds VFR 
Correct Answer: "ignore balanc...
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ATSC 113 FLYING LATEST UPDATE ALREADY PASSED what are the two types of clouds normal and special 
what are the two types of normal clouds CU and ST 
convective/cumiliform (CU) = clouds that look like a stack of cotton balls and are associated with updrafts 
Layer/stratiform (ST) = clouds that look like sheets or blankets and can extend hundreds of km horizontally 
how do convective/cumiliform (CU) clouds form (normal clouds type 1) CU clouds form when warm humid air rises through cooler surround...
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ATSC Flying Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions Visual Flight Rules (VFR) Flying by looking out of the window 
Visual Flight Conditions (VFC) Acceptable weather for VFR 
Ceiling minimum for Canada and USA for VFR? 1000 ft 
Minimum horizontal visibility for VFR? 3 statute miles 
Can you fly into clouds with VFR? No 
Marginal VFR (MVFR) VFR allowed, but there is low visibility and/or the cloud base is low 
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) Flying by mostly using instruments and instructions ...
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ATSC Learning Goals question and answers graded A+ 2023 updated1a. Identify & classify clouds, and relate them to local and larger-scale weather systems and to potential hazards to aircraft - correct answer Clouds can be normal or special. There are two types of normal clouds. 
 
Cumuliform (connective clouds) are puffy and associated with updrafts 
 
Form when humid air rises through cooler air 
 
This can occur when the air at the ground is colder than the surface (ex. Air above the ocean is...
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