Journey of Flight 3, 18, 19, Questions and Answers 100% Correct

Journey of Flight 3, 18, 19, Questions and Answers 100% Correct What is a large body of air that usually covers 1,000 miles or more and generally has the same temperature and moisture content? - Answer- an air mass What tends to slow air movement from the Earth's surface up to about 6,000 feet? - Answer- friction What is the name of the region where most people live, work and play? - Answer- Troposphere What was the name of the Zeppelin that crashed in 1937 that caused the first fatalities in the history of scheduled airship operations? - Answer- Hindenburg An air mass acquires its characteristics from which of the following? - Answer- all answers are correct What are the three general types of clouds? - Answer- cumulus, stratus and cirrus _________ _______ acts on a mass of moving air by deflecting it to the east in the Northern Hemisphere. - Answer- Coriolis Effect An atmospheric condition in which the wind changes its speed and direction is called a _______ ________. - Answer- wind shear Any heat transfer by vertical motion is called - Answer- convection Air is said to be ____________ when it cannot hold any more water vapor. - Answer- saturated Using the associated weather chart on page 413 of Edition 1 or 419 of Edition 2, select the correct cloud from the following description: low, gray, uniform, sheet‐like cloud that can produce light drizzle or light snow and can cause poor visibility. - Answer- stratus On a weather map, lines of equal pressure are called - Answer- isobar