Control Tower Operator( CTO )PREP ALL SECTIONS questions with correct answers

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 Turbulence (CAT) most generally occurs at high altitudes and in the vicinity of ______________________. - Answer THE JET STREAM In the Northern Hemisphere, air movement around a low pressure center flows in a(n) ________________________________________direction. - Answer COUNTERCLOCKWISE When a mass of cold air replaces warm air, a ____________ front occurs. - Answer COLD Cold fronts typically move __________ than warm fronts. - Answer FASTER Warm air slides over a wedge of colder air when a _______ front progresses forward. - Answer WARM