ATSC 113 - Final Exam 2025/2026 Exam
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Categories of normal clouds - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔convective/cumuliform
clouds
layer clouds/stratiform clouds
convective clouds or cumuliform clouds look like ____ and are associated
with ____ - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔cotton balls, updrafts
layer clouds or stratiform clouds - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔look like sheets or
blankets that can extend hundreds of km horizontally
Stratocumulus clouds - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔low-altitude layer of lumpy clouds,
characteristics of both cumuliform and stratiform groups
,castellanus clouds - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔look like small castle turrets
clue that atmosphere is becoming instable, thunderstorms possible later in
the day
bumpy to fly in the cloud layer, smooth above and below
billow (K-H wave) clouds - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔indicate wind shear and clear-air
turbulence at aircraft altitudes
smooth air often below and above layer of billow clouds
wind shear - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A change in wind direction and/or wind speed
Clear Air Turbulence (CAT) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔when wind-shear turbulence
happens outside of (and not near) a thunderstorm moderate to strong
bumps
Lenticular (mountain-wave) clouds - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔indicate vertical wind
oscillations and possible mountain-wave turbulence
,How do lenticular (mountain-wave) clouds effect sail planes? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔good because sailplanes can use updraft portion of the wave to surf
wave and fly very long horizontal distances
How do lenticular (mountain-wave) clouds effect commercial aircrafts? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔bad because it can mean a bumpy ride at all altitudes while
flying over mountains
rotor clouds - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔indicate severe or extreme turbulence at low
altitudes due to mountain waves
can break off wings of aircrafts and effects sailors if rotors occur over water
banner clouds - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔form downwind side of mountain peak,
indicate strong turbulence touching downwind side of a tall, isolated
mountain peak
pyrocumulus (cumulus flammagenitus) clouds - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔form over
forest fires and volcanoes, indicate forest fire so strong that heat and
moisture released can make thunderstorm in smoke
pileus clouds - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔form over fast growing cumulus clouds
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, interesting to watch but otherwise harmless and do not effect flying, sailing
or snow-sports
fractus clouds /scud - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔form in turbulent humid air near the
ground, scud clouds indicate high humidity and strong winds at low altitude
fumulus clouds (cumulus homogenitus) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔water-droplet
clouds over cooling towers. interesting to see but harmless
contrails (cirrus homogenitus) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔aircraft condensation trail
indicate turbulent wing-tip vortices behind aircraft. small aircraft can be
flipped upside down if they accidentally fly into a wing-tip vortex
VFR - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔pilots flying visually, must stay out of clouds
IFR - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔pilots flying with instruments, concerned if there is low
overcast over their destination airport
the fraction of the sky covered by cloud is called - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔sky
cover, cloud cover, cloud amount
Questions and Verified Answers |
Already Graded A+
Categories of normal clouds - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔convective/cumuliform
clouds
layer clouds/stratiform clouds
convective clouds or cumuliform clouds look like ____ and are associated
with ____ - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔cotton balls, updrafts
layer clouds or stratiform clouds - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔look like sheets or
blankets that can extend hundreds of km horizontally
Stratocumulus clouds - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔low-altitude layer of lumpy clouds,
characteristics of both cumuliform and stratiform groups
,castellanus clouds - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔look like small castle turrets
clue that atmosphere is becoming instable, thunderstorms possible later in
the day
bumpy to fly in the cloud layer, smooth above and below
billow (K-H wave) clouds - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔indicate wind shear and clear-air
turbulence at aircraft altitudes
smooth air often below and above layer of billow clouds
wind shear - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A change in wind direction and/or wind speed
Clear Air Turbulence (CAT) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔when wind-shear turbulence
happens outside of (and not near) a thunderstorm moderate to strong
bumps
Lenticular (mountain-wave) clouds - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔indicate vertical wind
oscillations and possible mountain-wave turbulence
,How do lenticular (mountain-wave) clouds effect sail planes? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔good because sailplanes can use updraft portion of the wave to surf
wave and fly very long horizontal distances
How do lenticular (mountain-wave) clouds effect commercial aircrafts? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔bad because it can mean a bumpy ride at all altitudes while
flying over mountains
rotor clouds - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔indicate severe or extreme turbulence at low
altitudes due to mountain waves
can break off wings of aircrafts and effects sailors if rotors occur over water
banner clouds - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔form downwind side of mountain peak,
indicate strong turbulence touching downwind side of a tall, isolated
mountain peak
pyrocumulus (cumulus flammagenitus) clouds - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔form over
forest fires and volcanoes, indicate forest fire so strong that heat and
moisture released can make thunderstorm in smoke
pileus clouds - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔form over fast growing cumulus clouds
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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, interesting to watch but otherwise harmless and do not effect flying, sailing
or snow-sports
fractus clouds /scud - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔form in turbulent humid air near the
ground, scud clouds indicate high humidity and strong winds at low altitude
fumulus clouds (cumulus homogenitus) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔water-droplet
clouds over cooling towers. interesting to see but harmless
contrails (cirrus homogenitus) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔aircraft condensation trail
indicate turbulent wing-tip vortices behind aircraft. small aircraft can be
flipped upside down if they accidentally fly into a wing-tip vortex
VFR - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔pilots flying visually, must stay out of clouds
IFR - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔pilots flying with instruments, concerned if there is low
overcast over their destination airport
the fraction of the sky covered by cloud is called - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔sky
cover, cloud cover, cloud amount
