Control Tower Operator – Weather questions with correct amswers

The uneven heating of adjacent bodies of air causing warm air to be drawn upward and more dense air downward defines _______. - Answer Convection Currents Air is deflected to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere due to ________. - 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 Counter-clockwise When a mass of cold air replaces warm air, a _____________ occurs. - Answer Cold Front Cold fronts typically move ______ than warm fronts. - Answer Faster Warm air slides over a wedge of colder air when a __________________ progresses forward. - Answer Warm Front