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ATSC 113 Midterm 1 Questions and Answers Already Graded A
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ATSC 113 Midterm 1 Questions and Answers Already Graded A 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 
What are Stratiform Clouds? Normal CLouds 
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ATSC 113 Final Exam Review Learning Goals Exam Questions with Correct Answers
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ATSC 113 Final Exam Review Learning Goals Exam Questions with Correct Answers 
 
 
1b. Recognize and explain special clouds: Lenticular - Answer--Mountain waves 
-Strong winds across mountains 
-Look like little disks/UFOs 
-Wind oscillations, may indicate mountain wind turbulence 
 
1b. Recognize and explain special clouds: Rotor - Answer--Strong winds across mountains 
-Ragged-looking, form at low altitude under crests of mountain wave 
-Indicate BIG HAZARD 
 
1b. Recognize and explain special...
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S-190 Module 3 Questions with All Correct Answers
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S-190 Module 3 Questions with All Correct Answers 
Lenticular clouds - Answer-Stationary, high-up lens-shaped clouds that indicate high winds above that may come down to the surface 
 
What grade of slope should you look out for when considering fire behavior? - Answer-50% or greater 
 
Four key fuel indicators for fire behavior - Answer-Continuous fine fuels, lots of dead and down, ladder fuels, tight crown spacing 
 
Six special condition fuel indicators - Answer-Firebrand sources, snags, fro...
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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 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
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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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Aviation Weather Exam 3 || All Questions & Solutions (Graded A+)
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Aviation Weather Exam 3 || All Questions & Solutions (Graded A+) 
Aviation Weather Exam 3 || All Questions & Solutions (Graded A+) 
 
Mountains can produce .................... . - ANSWER - mechanical turbulence 
 
Mountain waves can form .......................... - ANSWER - well into tropopause 
 
A warm downslope wind is known as .................... - ANSWER - Chinook wind 
 
What is a likely location of clear air turbulence? - ANSWER - In an upper trough on the polar side of a jetstream. 
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ATSC 113 Complete Final Exam Questions with Correct Answers
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ATSC 113 Complete Final Exam Questions with Correct Answers 
 
Haboob - Answer-A dust or sandstorm that forms as cold downdrafts from a thunderstorm turbulently lift dust and sand into the air that can touch the ground 
 
Large convective clouds are driven by __ - Answer-buoyancy of warm rising air inside the cloud 
 
How does lightning form? - Answer-collision of ice crystals and graupel, where ice crystals carry a positive charge and heavier graupel creates negative charge. When voltage differ...
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ATSC 113 Final Study Questions and Answers Graded A
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ATSC 113 Final Study Questions and Answers Graded A Three main factors affecting wave formation: Wind velocity, fetch, duration. 
Catellanus Cloud small castle torrents, unstable airloft, thunderstorms possible later in the day 
Billow clouds waves in a cloud, unstable airloft, indicate wind shear and create CAT, relate to K-H waves 
Lenticular clouds "bubble shape" little UVO's, strong mountain waves, wind oscillations 
Rotor clouds ragged looking under mountain, strong winds across mountain...
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ATSC 113: MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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Lenticular (mountain-wave) clouds - Answer-Indicate vertical wind oscillations and possible mountain-wave turbulence. Sailplanes like the updraft portion of the waves, because they can "surf" the wave and fly very long horizontal distances. Commercial aircraft hate the waves because they often mean a very bumpy ride at all altitudes for the whole time while flying over the mountains. 
 
Pileus - Answer-Form over fast-growing cumulus...
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