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The average concentrations of 02 and N2 correct answers 21%, 78%


500 mb is equal to correct answers 50,000 ft


The height above sea level at which the pressure is 700 mb correct answers 10,000 ft


The pressure at 30,000 ft is about how many mb correct answers 300


Cooling air at a constant pressure does what to density correct answers increases density


Heating a parcel or air at constant pressure will make it --- dense than the surrounding air. The
parcel will then ---. correct answers Less, rise


If I heat air in a closed container the pressure inside the container will correct answers rise


In the ISA (standard atmosphere) the lapse rate in the troposphere is closest to correct answers
2ºC per 1,000 ft


Pressure decreases with height faster in a --- column correct answers cold


A warm column of air has --- than normal pressure aloft and --- than normal pressure near the
surface correct answers higher, lower


If I am flying toward an area that is warmer than normal, my altimeter will read correct answers
low

, If my altimeter is set to 30.10 in Hg and the MSL pressure is actually 29.80 in Hg, my actual
altitude is --- than indicated correct answers 300 ft lower


On a very hot day, the density altitude will be --- than normal and I will need --- runway to
become airborne at normal takeoff speed correct answers higher, lower


An isothermal layer is a layer in which --- correct answers temperature is constant with height


An inversion layer is where the temp --- with height. An inversion has a --- lapse rate correct
answers increases, negative


In the tropics the stratosphere is --- than in the middle latitudes correct answers colder


compared with the tropics, the Arctic has --- troposphere and a --- stratosphere correct answers
lower, warmer


Flying at 35,000 ft over Quebec in winter, I am most likely in the correct answers stratosphere


On average, strongest winds are found at correct answers the tropopause


layers in which the temp increases with height are correct answers stratosphere and thermosphere


The tropopause is highest in correct answers tropics


At 40ºN, the stratosphere is coldest in correct answers summer


The cause of air motions on the earth is correct answers differences in heating

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