Aviation Weather Final Exam Solved Correctly To
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1. Every Physical Process of Weather is Heat Exchange
Ac- companied by, or is the
Result of,
Unequal Heating of the Earth's Surface
2. What Causes Variations in Altimeter
Set- tings Between Weather
Points?
3. The Wind at 5,000 Feet AGL is Southwester- Friction Between the Wind and
the Surface
ly While the Surface Wind is Southerly. This
Difference in Direction is Primarily Due to
4. Convective Circulation Patterns Associated Cool, Dense Air Moving Inland
from Over the
with Sea Breezes are Caused by Water
5. A Temperature Inversion Would Most Like- Increase in Temperature as
Altitude is In-
ly Result in Which Weather Condition? creased
6. What is Meant by the Term 'Dew Point'? The Temperature to Which Air Must be
Cooled to Become Saturated
7. Clouds, Fog, or Dew Will Always Water Vapor Condenses
Form When
8. What are the Processes by Which Moisture Evaporation and Sublimation
is Added to Unsaturated Air?
9. If the Temperature/Dewpoint 10. The Boundary Between
Spread is Small and Decreasing, Two Different Air
and the Tempera- ture is 62 dg. F, Masses is Referred to
What Type of Weather is Most as a
Likely to Develop?
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7
, Aviation Weather Final Exam Solved Correctly To
Score A+
Fog or Low Clouds
Front
11. Weather Phenomenon Across a Front Change in Wind Direction
2/
7
Score A+
1. Every Physical Process of Weather is Heat Exchange
Ac- companied by, or is the
Result of,
Unequal Heating of the Earth's Surface
2. What Causes Variations in Altimeter
Set- tings Between Weather
Points?
3. The Wind at 5,000 Feet AGL is Southwester- Friction Between the Wind and
the Surface
ly While the Surface Wind is Southerly. This
Difference in Direction is Primarily Due to
4. Convective Circulation Patterns Associated Cool, Dense Air Moving Inland
from Over the
with Sea Breezes are Caused by Water
5. A Temperature Inversion Would Most Like- Increase in Temperature as
Altitude is In-
ly Result in Which Weather Condition? creased
6. What is Meant by the Term 'Dew Point'? The Temperature to Which Air Must be
Cooled to Become Saturated
7. Clouds, Fog, or Dew Will Always Water Vapor Condenses
Form When
8. What are the Processes by Which Moisture Evaporation and Sublimation
is Added to Unsaturated Air?
9. If the Temperature/Dewpoint 10. The Boundary Between
Spread is Small and Decreasing, Two Different Air
and the Tempera- ture is 62 dg. F, Masses is Referred to
What Type of Weather is Most as a
Likely to Develop?
1/
7
, Aviation Weather Final Exam Solved Correctly To
Score A+
Fog or Low Clouds
Front
11. Weather Phenomenon Across a Front Change in Wind Direction
2/
7
