Aviation Meteorology Midterm Review
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What causes the day-to-day variations in weather?
✔✔ Atmospheric conditions
What is the term for the process where liquid water turns into water vapor?
✔✔ Evaporation
What is the average pressure at sea level in terms of millibars?
✔✔ 1013.25 millibars
What is the role of the ozone layer in the atmosphere?
✔✔ It absorbs ultraviolet radiation
What is the process called when water vapor changes directly into ice?
✔✔ Deposition
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,What term describes the amount of water vapor in the air?
✔✔ Humidity
What atmospheric layer contains nearly all of the Earth’s weather?
✔✔ Troposphere
What is the name of the force that causes wind to blow from high-pressure areas to low-pressure
areas?
✔✔ Pressure gradient force
What effect causes the deflection of winds due to Earth’s rotation?
✔✔ Coriolis effect
What instrument is used to measure humidity?
✔✔ Hygrometer
What happens to the air pressure as altitude increases?
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, ✔✔ Air pressure decreases
What term refers to the temperature at which air becomes saturated with water vapor?
✔✔ Dew point
What is the term for the amount of water vapor air can hold at a given temperature?
✔✔ Saturation
What type of cloud is typically associated with thunderstorms?
✔✔ Cumulonimbus
What is the phenomenon where the Earth’s surface cools after sunset and water vapor condenses
to form fog?
✔✔ Radiation cooling
What is the effect of a large body of water on nearby climates?
✔✔ It moderates temperatures, making them milder
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Questions and Answers Latest Version
Already Passed
What causes the day-to-day variations in weather?
✔✔ Atmospheric conditions
What is the term for the process where liquid water turns into water vapor?
✔✔ Evaporation
What is the average pressure at sea level in terms of millibars?
✔✔ 1013.25 millibars
What is the role of the ozone layer in the atmosphere?
✔✔ It absorbs ultraviolet radiation
What is the process called when water vapor changes directly into ice?
✔✔ Deposition
1
,What term describes the amount of water vapor in the air?
✔✔ Humidity
What atmospheric layer contains nearly all of the Earth’s weather?
✔✔ Troposphere
What is the name of the force that causes wind to blow from high-pressure areas to low-pressure
areas?
✔✔ Pressure gradient force
What effect causes the deflection of winds due to Earth’s rotation?
✔✔ Coriolis effect
What instrument is used to measure humidity?
✔✔ Hygrometer
What happens to the air pressure as altitude increases?
2
, ✔✔ Air pressure decreases
What term refers to the temperature at which air becomes saturated with water vapor?
✔✔ Dew point
What is the term for the amount of water vapor air can hold at a given temperature?
✔✔ Saturation
What type of cloud is typically associated with thunderstorms?
✔✔ Cumulonimbus
What is the phenomenon where the Earth’s surface cools after sunset and water vapor condenses
to form fog?
✔✔ Radiation cooling
What is the effect of a large body of water on nearby climates?
✔✔ It moderates temperatures, making them milder
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