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WX 301 FINAL EXAM 2024/2025 WITH 100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
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WX 301 FINAL EXAM 2024/2025 WITH 100%ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
The average concentrations of O2 and N2 are about - Precise Answer ✔✔21% and 78%
Average sea level pressure is about - Precise Answer ✔✔1013 mb, 14lb/in^2, 29.92 Hg
500 mb is equal to ______Pa - Precise Answer ✔✔50,000
Which of the Following does NOT occur when a column of air is heated - Precise Answer ✔✔Pressure
decreases with height at a faster rate
The height above sea level at which the pressure is 700mb is about - Precise Answer ✔✔10,000 ft
The pressure at 30,000 ft is about ______mb - Precise Answer ✔✔300
The Station level pressure for PHX is 28.9 in Hg at an elevation of 1200 ft. The MSL pressure there is
about - Precise Answer ✔✔30.1 Hg
Cooling air at constant pressure will - Precise Answer ✔✔Increase density
Heating a parcel of air at constant pressure will make it _________ dense than the surrounding air. The
parcel will then_____ - Precise Answer ✔✔Less, rise
If I heat air in a closed container the pressure inside the container will - Precise Answer ✔✔rise
in the ISA (Standard Atmosphere), the lapse rate in the troposphere is closest to - Precise Answer ✔✔2
degrees C per 1000 ft
,Pressure decreases with height faster in a ______ column - Precise Answer ✔✔cold
a warm column of air has _____ than normal pressure aloft and ______ than normal pressure near the
surface - Precise Answer ✔✔higher, lower
If I am flying toward an area that is warmer than normal, my altimeter will read low - Precise Answer
✔✔true
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 - Precise Answer ✔✔300 feet 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 - Precise Answer ✔✔higher, more
an isothermal layer is a layer in which - Precise Answer ✔✔temperature is constant with height
an inversion layer where the temperature _______ with height. An inversion has a ______ lapse rate -
Precise Answer ✔✔increases, negative
In a stable atmosphere, a parcel pushed up will be _______ than the surrounding air and will ________ -
Precise Answer ✔✔cooler, sink back to original level
which is more stable - Precise Answer ✔✔stratosphere
In the tropics the stratosphere is _______ than in the middle latitudes - Precise Answer ✔✔colder
Flying conditions in the stratosphere are usually - Precise Answer ✔✔smooth and clear
compared with the tropics, the Arctic has a _____ tropopause and a ____stratosphere - Precise Answer
✔✔lower,warmer
, Flying at 35,000 ft over Quebec in winter, I am most likely in the - Precise Answer ✔✔Stratosphere
On average, strongest winds are found at - Precise Answer ✔✔the tropopause
Layers in which the temperature increases with height are - Precise Answer ✔✔Stratosphere and
thermosphere
the tropopause is highest in - Precise Answer ✔✔the tropics
The tropopause is coldest - Precise Answer ✔✔in the tropics
at 40 degrees N, the stratosphere is coldest in - Precise Answer ✔✔summer
Layers of the atmosphere in which temperature decreases with height are the troposphere and the
thermosphere - Precise Answer ✔✔false
The cause of air motions on the earth is - Precise Answer ✔✔differences in heating
A warm air mass usually has______ pressure aloft and ______ pressure near the surface - Precise
Answer ✔✔high, low
At 30,000 ft there is high pressure above the ______ and low pressure above the ______ - Precise
Answer ✔✔equator, poles
Air flows ______ a warm region at low levels and ____ it at high levels - Precise Answer ✔✔toward,
away from
The Coriolis force deflects moving air to the ____ in the NH and to the _____ in the SH - Precise Answer
✔✔Right, left
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